diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a0eeb8d4c..504172303 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # LITELLM PROXY DEPENDENCIES #
 anyio==4.2.0 # openai + http req.
 openai>=1.0.0 # openai req. 
-fastapi # server dep
+fastapi>=0.109.1 # server dep
 pydantic>=2.5 # openai req. 
 backoff==2.2.1 # server dep
 pyyaml>=6.0.1 # server dep