diff --git a/v2/examples/litellm/docker/requirements.txt b/v2/examples/litellm/docker/requirements.txt
index e06f37d2279..ea91bbffd54 100644
--- a/v2/examples/litellm/docker/requirements.txt
+++ b/v2/examples/litellm/docker/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ httpx==0.28.1
 # Authentication & Security
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
-python-dotenv==1.0.1
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 cryptography==44.0.0
 
 # Monitoring & Metrics