diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 201672b..9e8b34f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SQLAlchemy==1.3.22
 ibm-db-sa==0.4.0
 ibm-db==3.2.0
 ## The following requirements were added by pip freeze:
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2024.7.4
 cffi==1.16.0
 charset-normalizer==3.3.0
 click==8.1.7