diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0a5fac..61a4536 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authors = [{ name = "MRayan Asim", email = "mrayanasim09@gmail.com" }]
 # Core runtime deps (API only — all others are optional extras)
 dependencies = [
     "requests>=2.31.0",
-    "fastapi>=0.95.0",
+    "fastapi>=0.141.1",
     "uvicorn>=0.22.0",
     # Snyk-pinned transitive security patches
     "fonttools>=4.43.0",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e5c21d..3dbb17a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #   pip install -e ".[dev]"        # Dev tools (pytest, ruff, mypy)
 #   pip install -e ".[gui,ml,dev]" # Multiple extras at once
 
-fastapi>=0.95.0
+fastapi>=0.141.1
 uvicorn>=0.22.0
 
 # Snyk-pinned transitive security patches