diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index f6252a1..1f8a86b 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ python-multipart>=0.0.9,<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).
-alembic>=1.13.0,<2.0.0
+alembic>=1.19.1,<2.0.0