diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a2079a7..6ce782c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.2.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyio"
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ description = "Python package for creating and manipulating graphs and networks"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
-markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""
+markers = "python_version == \"3.9\""
 files = [
     {file = "networkx-3.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f18c69adc97877c42332c170849c96cefa91881c99a7cb3e95b7c659ebdc1ec2"},
     {file = "networkx-3.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9f1bb5cf3409bf324e0a722c20bdb4c20ee39bf1c30ce8ae499c8502b0b5e0c6"},
@@ -1175,14 +1175,14 @@ email = ["email-validator (>=1.0.3)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dotenv"
-version = "0.21.1"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "python-dotenv-0.21.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1c93de8f636cde3ce377292818d0e440b6e45a82f215c3744979151fa8151c49"},
-    {file = "python_dotenv-0.21.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:41e12e0318bebc859fcc4d97d4db8d20ad21721a6aa5047dd59f090391cb549a"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b81ee9561e9ca4004139c6cbba3a238c32b03e4894671e181b671e8cb8425d61"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:42667e897e16ab0d66954af0e60a9caa94f0fd4ecf3aaf6d2d260eec1aa36ad6"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ description = "Fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
-markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""
+markers = "python_version == \"3.9\""
 files = [
     {file = "scipy-1.13.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:20335853b85e9a49ff7572ab453794298bcf0354d8068c5f6775a0eabf350aca"},
     {file = "scipy-1.13.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:d605e9c23906d1994f55ace80e0125c587f96c020037ea6aa98d01b4bd2e222f"},
@@ -1997,4 +1997,4 @@ standard = ["PyYAML (>=5.1)", "colorama (>=0.4) ; sys_platform == \"win32\"", "h
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.12"
-content-hash = "0d6b7e77166b5c54b56d410882da20e9bf6fb088c67579035f4788698b4867a1"
+content-hash = "b61df977959b4a4d06a719160ff8be6ab024d4e41079bc669dade301e704b00a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 47faf1a..5b7282d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ uvicorn = "^0.17.6"
 torch = "^2.1.0"
 transformers = "^4.26.1"
 qdrant-client = "^1.12.0"
-python-dotenv = "^0.21.1"
+python-dotenv = ">=0.21.1,<1.3.0"
 sentence-transformers = "^2.2.2"
 tqdm = "^4.64.1"
 numpy = "^1.26.4,<2"