diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 205ddd0c7..af96c7245 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 pycodestyle==2.10.0
 pycparser==2.21
 PyJWT==2.6.0
-PyNaCl==1.5.0
+PyNaCl==1.6.2
 pynamodb==5.5.1
 pyOpenSSL==24.3.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2