diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 67b8157c..bb777363 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pymongo==3.11.0
 PySocks==1.7.1
 requests==2.24.0
 six==1.15.0
-starlette==0.13.6
+starlette==0.27.0
 typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
 urllib3==1.26.5
 uvicorn==0.12.1