diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0a5fac..d06f1ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "nltk>=3.10.0",
     "protobuf>=4.25.8",
     "urllib3>=2.5.0",
-    "starlette>=0.49.1",
+    "starlette>=1.6.0",
     "soupsieve>=2.8.4",
 ]
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e5c21d..ecdeea6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ zipp>=4.1.0
 nltk>=3.10.0
 protobuf>=4.25.8
 urllib3>=2.5.0
-starlette>=0.49.1
+starlette>=1.6.0
 soupsieve>=2.8.4