diff --git a/metadata_relay/pyproject.toml b/metadata_relay/pyproject.toml
index a5a8c281..851dc83b 100644
--- a/metadata_relay/pyproject.toml
+++ b/metadata_relay/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi[standard]>=0.136.1",
     "starlette-exporter>=0.23.0",
-    "tmdbsimple>=2.9.1",
+    "tmdbsimple>=2.9.6",
     "tvdb-v4-official>=1.1.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.46.0",
 ]
diff --git a/metadata_relay/uv.lock b/metadata_relay/uv.lock
index 79f1e4fe..faa8d6c2 100644
--- a/metadata_relay/uv.lock
+++ b/metadata_relay/uv.lock
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ dependencies = [
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "fastapi", extras = ["standard"], specifier = ">=0.136.1" },
     { name = "starlette-exporter", specifier = ">=0.23.0" },
-    { name = "tmdbsimple", specifier = ">=2.9.1" },
+    { name = "tmdbsimple", specifier = ">=2.9.6" },
     { name = "tvdb-v4-official", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
     { name = "uvicorn", specifier = ">=0.46.0" },
 ]
@@ -739,14 +739,14 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "2.9.1"
+version = "2.9.6"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "requests" },
 ]
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8c/53/ef0e08fcba60fce2ed7541c7aac682f7ed1bcdcf7b8954b01839996d1b0c/tmdbsimple-2.9.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:42052f2a77cd237553a620b1f090f54e9f5ea3e5a8d8a4081cb12e77c5dc1c4f", size = 40197, upload-time = "2026-05-25T23:52:33.235Z" },
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 [[package]]