diff --git a/packages/core/pyproject.toml b/packages/core/pyproject.toml
index 7cd242f..26d79ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Core domain models and utilities for EcoTrack"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
-    "pydantic>=2.5",
+    "pydantic>=2.13.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.1",
     "shapely>=2.0",
     "h3>=3.7",