diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 05568fb..14f9ddc 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ kaggle==1.7.4.5         # for Kaggle api access
 seaborn==0.13.2         # for data visualization
 scikit-learn==1.5.1     # for machine learning algorithms
 scipy==1.10.1           # for scientific computing
-shap==0.43.0            # for model interpretability
+shap==0.48.0            # for model interpretability
 openpyxl==3.1.5         # for Excel file support from kaggle datasets
 
 # Azure ML SDK - essential components only