diff --git a/services/search-mediator/requirements.txt b/services/search-mediator/requirements.txt
index f68f023..3d619af 100644
--- a/services/search-mediator/requirements.txt
+++ b/services/search-mediator/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ flask==3.1.3
 requests==2.33.1
 urllib3==2.7.0
 pyyaml==6.0.3
-gunicorn==25.3.0
+gunicorn==26.0.0
 pip==26.1.2
 setuptools==83.0.0
 wheel==0.46.2