diff --git a/apps/essays/pyproject.toml b/apps/essays/pyproject.toml
index 92bf707..2d0e295 100644
--- a/apps/essays/pyproject.toml
+++ b/apps/essays/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "azure-cosmos>=4.10.0",
     "azure-storage-blob>=12.24.0",
     "azure-ai-documentintelligence>=1.0.2",
-    "pypdf>=4.0.0",
+    "pypdf>=6.10.2",
     "pydantic>=2.9.2",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.4.0",
     "PyJWT[crypto]>=2.10.1",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-multipart>=0.0.22",
     "rapidfuzz>=3.10.0",
     "azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis>=1.0.0",
-    "pypdf>=4.2.0",
+    "pypdf>=6.10.2",
     "Pillow>=10.0.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/apps/essays/uv.lock b/apps/essays/uv.lock
index 4fb2aba..a392ba1 100644
--- a/apps/essays/uv.lock
+++ b/apps/essays/uv.lock
@@ -1671,11 +1671,11 @@ crypto = [
 
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 [[package]]
@@ -2202,8 +2202,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.4.0" },
     { name = "pyjwt", extras = ["crypto"], specifier = ">=2.10.1" },
-    { name = "pypdf", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
-    { name = "pypdf", specifier = ">=4.2.0" },
+    { name = "pypdf", specifier = ">=6.10.2" },
     { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=8.3.3" },
     { name = "pytest-asyncio", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=0.23.7" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },