diff --git a/requirements-local.txt b/requirements-local.txt
index 035bbd1..4a0ebaf 100644
--- a/requirements-local.txt
+++ b/requirements-local.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pydantic==2.13.4
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 
 # ─── Utilities ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-python-multipart==0.0.9
+python-multipart==0.0.31
 tenacity==8.3.0
 
 # NOTE: qdrant-client is intentionally omitted here.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3fc431a..8601e27 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pydantic==2.13.4
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 
 # ─── Utilities ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-python-multipart==0.0.9
+python-multipart==0.0.31
 tenacity==8.3.0
 
 # ─── Optional — shared cache / observability (>1 replica, Phase 2/3) ──────