diff --git a/docs/source-materials/theory/requirements.txt b/docs/source-materials/theory/requirements.txt
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 # Core dependencies
 pyyaml>=6.0.3          # Configuration files
-sqlalchemy>=2.0.51       # SQLite ORM (optional, for future)
+sqlalchemy>=2.1.8       # SQLite ORM (optional, for future)
 
 # MCP Server
 flask>=3.1.3           # HTTP server for MCP endpoints
 flask-cors>=6.0.5      # CORS support
 
 # File watching and monitoring
-watchdog>=6.0.0        # File system monitoring for sorting daemon
+watchdog>=7.1.0        # File system monitoring for sorting daemon
 
 # Optional: ML/AI for file classification
-sentence-transformers>=5.6.0  # For semantic embeddings (optional)
+sentence-transformers>=6.2.0  # For semantic embeddings (optional)
 
 # Utilities
 python-magic>=0.4.27    # File type detection
 requests>=2.34.2       # HTTP client
-python-dateutil>=2.9.0.post0 # Date parsing
+python-dateutil>=4.0.0 # Date parsing
 
 # Testing (Phase 9)
-pytest>=9.1.1          # Test framework
+pytest>=9.2.0          # Test framework
 pytest-cov>=7.1.0      # Coverage reporting
-pytest-mock>=3.15.1    # Mocking support
-pytest-benchmark>=5.2.3 # Performance benchmarks
+pytest-mock>=3.17.0    # Mocking support
+pytest-benchmark>=5.3.1 # Performance benchmarks
 freezegun>=1.5.5       # Time mocking
-faker>=40.28.1          # Generate test data
-coverage>=7.15.0        # Coverage measurement
+faker>=40.44.0          # Generate test data
+coverage>=7.17.2        # Coverage measurement
 coverage-badge>=1.1.2  # Coverage badges
 
 # Test utilities
 pytest-xdist>=3.8.0    # Parallel test execution
 pytest-timeout>=2.4.0  # Prevent hanging tests
-pytest-randomly>=4.1.0 # Randomize test order
+pytest-randomly>=5.1.0 # Randomize test order