diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88884e1..6252d25 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tabulate>=0.9        # magic-report-generation (table formatting)
 # ── Optional (synthesis + testing) ────────────────────────────────
 data-designer        # magic-data-synthesis (LLM-based generation via DataDesigner)
 tiktoken>=0.7        # magic-data-synthesis (token counting for cost estimation)
-rapidfuzz>=3.0,<4.0  # magic-data-cleaning/validation (fuzzy column name suggestions)
+rapidfuzz>=3.14.5,<4.0  # magic-data-cleaning/validation (fuzzy column name suggestions)
 psutil>=5.9          # deep eval runner (memory monitoring)
 
 # ── Database integration ──────────────────────────────────────────