diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index ba55e488..11412865 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ python-magic>=0.4.27
 fuzzywuzzy==0.18.0
 beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0
 aiohttp>=3.9.0
-openpyxl>=3.10.0
+openpyxl>=3.1.0