diff --git a/SecureEncoderFlask/requirements.txt b/SecureEncoderFlask/requirements.txt
index e282724..4fa3806 100644
--- a/SecureEncoderFlask/requirements.txt
+++ b/SecureEncoderFlask/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pytest==8.3.4
 pytest-cov==6.0.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 python-decouple==3.8
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.36
+SQLAlchemy==2.0.44
 waitress==3.0.2
 Werkzeug==3.1.3
 zstandard==0.23.0