diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 7d601f86a..24c3fdaef 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
 
 requests==2.32.3
 aiohttp==3.10.8
+async-timeout
 
 sqlalchemy==2.0.32
 alembic==1.13.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7a90a5b2..46c31e4a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
     "requests==2.32.3",
     "aiohttp==3.10.8",
+    "async-timeout",
 
     "sqlalchemy==2.0.32",
     "alembic==1.13.2",