diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 4c77d2d..a0992d1 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ pylibsrtp==0.11.0
 pyOpenSSL==26.4.0
 pyparsing==3.2.1
 pydicom==3.0.2
-pypdf==6.15.0
+pypdf==6.16.1
 
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 python-docx==1.1.2