diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index b70ac126..2deee2a2 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-xdist # allows the use of multiple cores for testing
-python-dotenv==0.21.0
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 -e .
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