diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 7f7bf82fe..e6bfe5734 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ psutil
 sentencepiece
 soundfile==0.13.1
 azure-ai-documentintelligence==1.0.2
+python-docx==1.2.0
 
 pillow==11.2.1
 opencv-python-headless==4.11.0.86