diff --git a/backend/metadata_writer/requirements.txt b/backend/metadata_writer/requirements.txt
index cf63e9909b7..5289a91da3b 100644
--- a/backend/metadata_writer/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/metadata_writer/requirements.txt
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ grpcio==1.74.0
 idna==3.10
     # via requests
 kubernetes==31.0.0
-    # via -r -
+    # via -r metadata_writer/requirements.in
 lru-dict==1.3.0
-    # via -r -
+    # via -r metadata_writer/requirements.in
 ml-metadata==1.17.0
-    # via -r -
+    # via -r metadata_writer/requirements.in
 oauthlib==3.3.1
     # via
     #   kubernetes
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via kubernetes
 pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
-    #   -r -
+    #   -r metadata_writer/requirements.in
     #   kubernetes
 requests==2.32.5
     # via
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ six==1.17.0
     #   kubernetes
     #   ml-metadata
     #   python-dateutil
-urllib3==2.5.0
+urllib3==2.6.0
     # via
     #   kubernetes
     #   requests
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 8dbc005034d..87456ece0fd 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ googleapis-common-protos==1.70.0
 idna==3.10
     # via requests
 kfp==2.14.3
-    # via -r -
+    # via -r requirements.in
 kfp-pipeline-spec==2.14.0
     # via kfp
 kfp-server-api==2.14.3
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ six==1.17.0
     #   python-dateutil
 tabulate==0.9.0
     # via kfp
-urllib3==2.5.0
+urllib3==2.6.0
     # via
     #   kfp
     #   kfp-server-api