diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 03eeba2a1eb..e22033b1a06 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ einops==0.8.1
 ftfy==6.2.3
 pypdf==4.3.1
 fpdf2==2.8.2
-pymdown-extensions==10.14.2
+pymdown-extensions==10.16.1
 docx2txt==0.8
 python-pptx==1.0.2
 unstructured==0.16.17
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 73409618fd0..f24a97ba92e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "ftfy==6.2.3",
     "pypdf==4.3.1",
     "fpdf2==2.8.2",
-    "pymdown-extensions==10.14.2",
+    "pymdown-extensions==10.16.1",
     "docx2txt==0.8",
     "python-pptx==1.0.2",
     "unstructured==0.16.17",