diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index bcc55ea9..fb59eef0 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "protobuf>=5.29.6",
     "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.11",
     "pydantic>=2.11.7",
-    "pypdf==6.7.3",
+    "pypdf==6.7.4",
     "rank-bm25==0.2.2",
     "rich>=13.7.0",
     "sentence-transformers>=5.1.0",
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index 421405f7..0647bb33 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "protobuf", specifier = ">=5.29.6" },
     { name = "psycopg2-binary", specifier = ">=2.9.11" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.11.7" },
-    { name = "pypdf", specifier = "==6.7.3" },
+    { name = "pypdf", specifier = "==6.7.4" },
     { name = "rank-bm25", specifier = "==0.2.2" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = ">=13.7.0" },
     { name = "sentence-transformers", specifier = ">=5.1.0" },
@@ -3171,11 +3171,11 @@ crypto = [
 
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