diff --git a/docker_images/bertopic/requirements.txt b/docker_images/bertopic/requirements.txt
index eec5c22c..46470682 100644
--- a/docker_images/bertopic/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker_images/bertopic/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-starlette==0.27.0
+starlette==0.36.2
 api-inference-community==0.0.25
 huggingface_hub==0.14.0
 bertopic==0.15.0