diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 4eb2a3b6e1..830b02a813 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "tzdata>=2024.1",
     "wagtail-factories==4.2.1",
     "google-auth-oauthlib>=1.2.1",
-    "PyJWT>=2.8.0",
+    "PyJWT>=2.12.1",
     "cryptography>=46.0.7",
     "openai>=1.52.0",
     "pydantic>=2.13.3",