diff --git a/=1.0.0 b/=1.0.0
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+++ b/=1.0.0
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+Collecting mcp
+  Using cached mcp-1.27.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (8.2 kB)
+Collecting pydantic==2.9.2
+  Using cached pydantic-2.9.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (149 kB)
+Using cached pydantic-2.9.2-py3-none-any.whl (434 kB)
+Using cached mcp-1.27.0-py3-none-any.whl (215 kB)
+Saved c:\users\david\appdata\local\temp\mcp_test\pydantic-2.9.2-py3-none-any.whl
+Saved c:\users\david\appdata\local\temp\mcp_test\mcp-1.27.0-py3-none-any.whl
+Successfully downloaded pydantic mcp
+
+[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.3.1 -> 26.0.1
+[notice] To update, run: C:\Python\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index f170e7cb..e22e6c8d 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ fastapi==0.115.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.32.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.36
 aiosqlite==0.20.0
-pydantic==2.9.2
-pydantic-settings==2.6.0
+pydantic>=2.11.0
+pydantic-settings>=2.6.0
 python-multipart==0.0.12
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
 bcrypt==4.0.1
-httpx==0.27.0
+httpx>=0.27.1
 authlib==1.3.1
 email-validator==2.2.0
 mcp>=1.0.0