diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39bd3b7..5708e64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ authors = [{ name = "R055LE" }]
 dependencies = [
     "discord.py==2.7.1",
     "pydantic==2.13.4",
-    "pydantic-settings==2.15.0",
+    "pydantic-settings==2.16.1",
     "openai==3.1.0",
     "aiosqlite==0.22.1",
     "prometheus-client==0.26.0",