diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6aa318c046..a681730d69 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PyJWT==2.8.0
 pyvips==2.2.1
 scikit-learn<1.4.3
 seaborn==0.13.2
-sentence_transformers==2.2.2
+sentence_transformers==2.6.1
 timezonefinder==6.5.0
 tqdm==4.66.2
 gevent==23.9.1