diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4217.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/4217.dependencies.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump platformdirs from 4.3.8 to 4.4.0 in the minimal group
diff --git a/minimum_requirements.txt b/minimum_requirements.txt
index 1a05b503ba4..8e79206b883 100644
--- a/minimum_requirements.txt
+++ b/minimum_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ansys-api-mapdl==0.5.2
 numpy==2.2.6
-platformdirs==4.3.8
+platformdirs==4.4.0
 psutil==7.0.0
 pyansys-tools-versioning==0.6.0
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