diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 199f93a..6fd251b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
-    "faker>=40.15.0",
+    "faker>=40.18.0",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c9f3ed7..caf7c99 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "faker", specifier = ">=40.15.0" },
+    { name = "faker", specifier = ">=40.18.0" },
     { name = "pyyaml", specifier = ">=6.0" },
 ]
 
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "faker"
-version = "40.15.0"
+version = "40.18.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "tzdata", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
 ]
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/84/0b/5c0b2d3a4b7a715f1835dd3f963bfbe841a02ae5cad1df8ee0325dfad235/faker-40.18.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:61a6b94b74605ddb090a065deb197a1c585ae7a874c094cf6693671d271e6083", size = 2006355, upload-time = "2026-05-14T16:43:02.489Z" },
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 [[package]]