diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index b6732a67..2faf6b6b 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rasterio>=1.3.6
 requests==2.32.3
 scikit-learn==1.5.1
 setuptools==75.1.0
-starlette==0.38.5 # not directly required, pinned by Dependabot to avoid a vulnerability.
+starlette==0.40.0 # not directly required, pinned by Dependabot to avoid a vulnerability.
 tabulate==0.9.0
 tensorflow==2.17.0
 tifffile==2024.1.30