diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 844e22a..281f212 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-multipart>=0.0.9",
     # Hashing / image utilities (lightweight, used by API search + worker)
     "imagehash>=4.3",
-    "Pillow>=10.0",
+    "Pillow>=12.2.0",
     "numpy>=1.26",
     # Vector Store (pgvector)
     "pgvector>=0.3",