diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca59e36f7..eea515b09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyjwt[crypto]>=2.10.0",                          # Pull crypto to support RS256 for jwt. Requires 2.10.0+ for ssl_context support.
     "pydantic>=2.11.9",
     "rich",
-    "starlette",
     "termcolor",
     "tiktoken",
     "pillow",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9a88c0464..8c648c362 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2167,7 +2167,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pyyaml", specifier = ">=6.0" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", extras = ["asyncio"], specifier = ">=2.0.41" },
-    { name = "starlette" },
     { name = "starlette", specifier = ">=0.49.1" },
     { name = "termcolor" },
     { name = "tiktoken" },