diff --git a/backend/requirements-min.txt b/backend/requirements-min.txt
index 9d54afe476..b2d62a7b8a 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-min.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-min.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # WIP: use this as a reference to build a minimal docker image
 
 fastapi==0.136.3
-uvicorn[standard]==0.41.0
+uvicorn[standard]==0.51.0
 pydantic==2.13.4
 python-multipart==0.0.32
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 3885b6d843..c9e67a16ae 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fastapi==0.136.3
-uvicorn[standard]==0.41.0
+uvicorn[standard]==0.51.0
 pydantic==2.13.4
 python-multipart==0.0.32
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4790af4dd..8dd7d025eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 dependencies = [
     "fastapi==0.136.3",
-    "uvicorn[standard]==0.41.0",
+    "uvicorn[standard]==0.51.0",
     "pydantic==2.13.4",
     "python-multipart==0.0.32",
     "itsdangerous==2.2.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 519ef61ce2..fc6e2d448b 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "transformers", specifier = "==5.5.4" },
     { name = "unstructured", marker = "extra == 'all'", specifier = "==0.22.31" },
     { name = "unstructured", marker = "extra == 'unstructured'", specifier = "==0.22.31" },
-    { name = "uvicorn", extras = ["standard"], specifier = "==0.41.0" },
+    { name = "uvicorn", extras = ["standard"], specifier = "==0.51.0" },
     { name = "validators", specifier = "==0.35.0" },
     { name = "weaviate-client", marker = "extra == 'all'", specifier = "==4.20.3" },
     { name = "xlrd", specifier = "==2.0.2" },
@@ -5827,20 +5827,19 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uvicorn"
-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.51.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
     { name = "h11" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/32/ce/eeb58ae4ac36fe09e3842eb02e0eb676bf2c53ae062b98f1b2531673efdd/uvicorn-0.41.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:09d11cf7008da33113824ee5a1c6422d89fbc2ff476540d69a34c87fab8b571a", size = 82633 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a2/65/b7c6c443ccc58678c91e1e973bbe2a878591538655d6e1d47f24ba1c51f3/uvicorn-0.51.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f6f4b69b657c312f516dd2d268ab9ae6f254b11e4bac504f37b2ab58b24dd0b0", size = 94412 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/83/e4/d04a086285c20886c0daad0e026f250869201013d18f81d9ff5eada73a88/uvicorn-0.41.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:29e35b1d2c36a04b9e180d4007ede3bcb32a85fbdfd6c6aeb3f26839de088187", size = 68783 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/45/ec/dbb7e5a6b91f86bfb9eb7d2988a2730907b6a729875b949c7f022e8b88fa/uvicorn-0.51.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5d38af6cd620f2ae3849fb44fd4879e0890aa1febe8d47eb355fb45d93fe6a5b", size = 73219 },
 ]
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]
 standard = [
-    { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
     { name = "httptools" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },