diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 31b4767e7..69124a047 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ einops==0.8.0
 ftfy==6.2.3
 pypdf==4.3.1
 fpdf2==2.8.2
-pymdown-extensions==10.11.2
+pymdown-extensions==10.14.2
 docx2txt==0.8
 python-pptx==1.0.0
 unstructured==0.15.9