diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8237ae3a29..c6299ca473 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 _server_deps = [
     "uvicorn>=0.15.0",
     "fastapi>=0.70.0",
-    "starlette>=0.16.0",
+    "pydantic>=1.8.2",
     "requests>=2.26.0",
 ]
 _onnxruntime_deps = [