diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index 5ee7b6d..59d30eb 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 # backend container (see backend/tests/README.md) rather than baking these
 # into the Docker image.
 -r requirements.txt
-pytest==9.1.1
-pytest-asyncio==1.4.0
+pytest==9.2.0
+pytest-asyncio==1.4.1
 httpx==0.28.1
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 62c9868..28a1ed4 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-fastapi==0.146.0
+fastapi==0.162.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.54.0
-sqlalchemy[asyncio]==2.1.5
+sqlalchemy[asyncio]==2.1.6
 asyncpg==0.32.0
-alembic==1.20.0
-pydantic==2.14.1
-pydantic-settings==2.16.0
+alembic==1.20.1
+pydantic==2.14.2
+pydantic-settings==2.16.2
 python-dotenv==1.2.4
 httpx==0.28.1