diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6ad80531..756b14654 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ litellm==1.83.7
 # openai-agents  # optional: required for examples/agentic_vectorless_rag_demo.py
 pymupdf==1.26.4
 PyPDF2==3.0.1
-python-dotenv==1.2.2
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
 pyyaml==6.0.2