diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5f1d6a3..57d40c7 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pydantic-settings
 python-multipart
 jose[cryptography]
 passlib[bcrypt]
-bcrypt==4.0.1
+bcrypt==5.0.0
 pypdf
 python-multipart