diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index b3f698c9..625aea6b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ six==1.16.0
 sh==1.14.3
 # SQLAlchemy==2.0.20
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.41
-starlette==0.27.0
+starlette==0.40.0
 # sse-starlette==1.4.1 (wrong version cant deploy)
 sse-starlette==2.1.3
 typing-extensions==4.7.1