diff --git a/file-handler/requirements.txt b/file-handler/requirements.txt
index fa591e06..acd48abb 100644
--- a/file-handler/requirements.txt
+++ b/file-handler/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ requests==2.32.3
 setuptools==69.5.1
 six==1.16.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
-starlette==0.37.2
+starlette==0.40.0
 typing_extensions==4.12.2
 tzdata==2024.1
 urllib3==2.2.2