diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 4f291f4..e0246c9 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]>=0.30.6
 # python-multipart < 0.0.18 has a DoS CVE (GHSA-2jv5-9r88-3w3p / 59gj).
 python-multipart>=0.0.32
 youtube-transcript-api>=1.2.4
-google-genai>=1.0.0
+google-genai>=2.9.0
 python-dotenv>=1.2.2
 httpx>=0.28.1
 bcrypt>=4.0.0