diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5d6b2307d..47889682f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ apscheduler==3.10.4 # for resetting budget in background
 fastapi-sso==0.10.0 # admin UI, SSO
 PyJWT==2.8.0 # admin UI, jwts 
 python-multipart==0.0.6 # admin UI
+jwt==1.3.1 # for jwt auth
 ### LITELLM PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES
 python-dotenv>=0.2.0 # for env 
 tiktoken>=0.4.0 # for calculating usage