diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 8aaab2a..02c9476 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Flask-Cors==6.0.2
 Flask-JWT-Extended==4.7.1
 Flask-Migrate==4.1.0
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
-importlib_metadata==8.7.1
+importlib_metadata==9.0.0
 iniconfig==2.3.0
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6