diff --git a/backend/AutoReportGenerator.csproj b/backend/AutoReportGenerator.csproj
index 37ee603..d7442ad 100644
--- a/backend/AutoReportGenerator.csproj
+++ b/backend/AutoReportGenerator.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="DocumentFormat.OpenXml" Version="3.5.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="DocX" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="itext7" Version="9.5.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="itext7" Version="9.6.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PDFtoImage" Version="5.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2026.2.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.1" />