diff --git a/samples/llm-council/patterns/strands-single-agent/requirements.txt b/samples/llm-council/patterns/strands-single-agent/requirements.txt
index 23d7299..59509e1 100644
--- a/samples/llm-council/patterns/strands-single-agent/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/llm-council/patterns/strands-single-agent/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Strands agent dependencies with pinned versions
 strands-agents==1.16.0
-mcp==1.23.1
+mcp==1.28.1
 bedrock-agentcore[strands-agents]==1.0.6