diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9fb297a4990..fb494920816 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "jsonschema==4.22.0",
     "schema==0.7.7",
     "rdflib==6.3.2",
-    "smart_open==7.0.4",
+    "smart_open==7.6.0",
     "PyMuPDF==1.26.3",
     "defusedxml==0.7.1",
     "zipstream-ng==1.8.0",