diff --git a/app/utils/communication/matrix.py b/app/utils/communication/matrix.py
index 566689fea8..ca7711ebc6 100644
--- a/app/utils/communication/matrix.py
+++ b/app/utils/communication/matrix.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any
 
-import requests
+import httpx
 
 from app.types.exceptions import MatrixRequestError, MatrixSendMessageError
 
@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@ def post(
         if "Authorization" not in headers:
             headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer " + self.access_token
 
-        response = requests.post(url, json=json, headers=headers, timeout=10)
         try:
+            response = httpx.post(
+                url,
+                json=json,
+                headers=headers,
+                timeout=10,
+            )
             response.raise_for_status()
-        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
+        except httpx.RequestError as err:
             raise MatrixRequestError() from err
 
         return response.json()
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 083d0c399c..ecb2858d84 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ types-Authlib==1.5.0.20250516
 types-fpdf2==2.8.3.20250516
 types-psutil==7.0.0.20250601
 types-redis==4.6.0.20241004
-types-requests==2.32.0.20250515
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f09c236b9d..327938ff0d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ PyMuPDF==1.26.6                     # PDF processing, imported as `fitz`
 pypdf==6.4.0
 python-multipart==0.0.18             # a form data parser, as oauth flow requires form-data parameters
 redis==5.0.8
-requests==2.32.4
 sqlalchemy-utils == 0.41.2
 SQLAlchemy[asyncio]==2.0.44         # [asyncio] allows greenlet to be installed on Apple M1 devices.
 unidecode==1.3.8