diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 23fea02..222e762 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ requests==2.31.0
 rsa==4.9
 six==1.16.0
 sniffio==1.3.0
-starlette==0.26.1
+starlette==0.31.1
 tomli==2.0.1
 twilio==8.1.0
 typing_extensions==4.5.0