diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index f6252a1..0bf93fe 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 fastapi>=0.140.7,<0.142.0
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.51.0,<0.53.0
 psycopg2-binary>=2.9.12,<3.0.0
-python-multipart>=0.0.9,<0.1.0
+python-multipart>=0.0.32,<0.1.0
 pydantic>=2.13.4,<3.0.0
 # BUG-032: schema migrations for csv_uploads.* — auto-runs at API startup
 # via alembic upgrade head (see api/db.py bootstrap and alembic/ directory).