diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index f28b3c778..b8c12dd4a 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pyasn1==0.6.3
 pyasn1-modules==0.4.1
 pycodestyle==2.10.0
 pycparser==2.21
-PyJWT==2.6.0
+PyJWT==2.12.0
 PyNaCl==1.5.0
 pynamodb==5.5.1
 pyOpenSSL==24.3.0