diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e9cb540f..569c9a2d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cryptography>=41.0.7,<50.0.0
 docker>=7.0.0,<8.0.0
 diskcache>=5.6.3,<6.0.0
 substrate-interface>=1.7.11,<1.8
-python-dotenv>=1.0.1,<2.0.0
+python-dotenv>=1.2.2,<2.0.0
 pydantic[email,timezone]>=2.0.3,<3.0.0
 pydantic-settings>=2.8.1,<3.0.0
 historical_fingerprinter @ git+https://github.com/RedTeamSubnet/historical-fingerprinter-challenge.git@v2.0.1