diff --git a/backend/requirements/default.txt b/backend/requirements/default.txt
index cc13447c8fa..5b61d7bf2d8 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/default.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ PyGithub==1.58.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-gitlab==3.9.0
 python-pptx==0.6.23
-pypdf==3.17.0
+pypdf==6.13.3
 pytest-mock==3.12.0
 pytest-playwright==0.3.2
 python-docx==1.1.0