diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b00e7d1..4add9e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 # check keyed on `dtype == object` skips every text column without saying so.
 numpy==2.4.6
 pandas==3.0.6
-scipy==1.17.1
+scipy==1.18.1
 pyarrow==25.0.1