diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6708e571fd..e7eedfdb8f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ftfy==6.2.3
 pypdf==6.0.0
 fpdf2==2.8.2
 pymdown-extensions==10.14.2
-docx2txt==0.8
+docx2txt==0.9
 python-pptx==1.0.2
 unstructured==0.18.18
 nltk==3.9.1