diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5cf4b05..c045b18 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 keywords = ["web scraping", "playwright", "automation", "data extraction", "web automation"]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-    "playwright>=1.40.0",
+    "playwright>=1.61.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdd6355..97df137 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Core dependencies
-playwright>=1.40.0
+playwright>=1.61.0
 openpyxl>=3.1.0
 
 # Development dependencies (install with: pip install -e ".[dev]")