diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f50ba41b..b5910582 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 fastapi>=0.115.6
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.34.0
 gunicorn>=23.0.0
+starlette>=0.27.0
 
 # Database & ORM
 sqlalchemy>=2.0.49