diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41cc837fab3..65cc1095ab6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 # Core dependencies (consolidated from requirements.txt)
 dependencies = [
-    "Pillow==11.3.0",
+    "Pillow==12.1.1",
     "lxml==5.2.1",
     "psycopg2==2.9.9",
     "Django==5.2.11",