diff --git a/docker_images/span_marker/requirements.txt b/docker_images/span_marker/requirements.txt
index 6096883e..12a3fce0 100644
--- a/docker_images/span_marker/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker_images/span_marker/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-starlette==0.27.0
+starlette==0.36.2
 api-inference-community==0.0.32
 huggingface_hub>=0.17.3
 span_marker>=1.4.0
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