diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d3049cb89..c73332491 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@
 
 
 ## Other changes
+
+* Updated required `neo4j` driver from `4.4.2` to the latest 4.4 path release (`4.4.12`) or later.
diff --git a/requirements/base/base.txt b/requirements/base/base.txt
index fe1c3c375..3ca82b153 100644
--- a/requirements/base/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base/base.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 multimethod >= 1.0, < 2.0
-neo4j >= 4.4.2, < 6.0
+neo4j >= 4.4.12, < 6.0
 numpy < 2.0
 pandas >= 1.0, < 3.0
 pyarrow >= 14.0.1, < 17.0