diff --git a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
index 403e937b3..5fc8ec26f 100644
--- a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ langchain-core==0.3.80
 langchain-text-splitters==0.3.9
 langdetect==1.0.9
 langsmith==0.3.19
-lxml==5.3.2
+lxml==6.1.0
 MarkupSafe==3.0.2
 marshmallow==3.26.2
 multidict==6.2.0