diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 70f46fc..07d25cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Core dependencies (scan-only install, no LLM stack)
-pydantic>=2.13,<3
+pydantic>=2.13.4,<3
 python-dotenv>=1.0,<2
 colorama>=0.4.6,<1
 rich>=13.0,<16