diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 921d37d5f..763527260 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
     # Config + validation
     "pydantic>=2.11,<3.0",
-    "pydantic-settings>=2.7,<3.0",
+    "pydantic-settings>=2.14.2,<3.0",
     "jsonschema>=4.25,<5.0",
 
     # Foundry IQ + Azure AI
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9cfc2df39..535106eb1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "psycopg2-binary", specifier = ">=2.9,<3.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.11,<3.0" },
-    { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.7,<3.0" },
+    { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.14.2,<3.0" },
     { name = "python-docx", specifier = ">=1.2,<2.0" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.2,<2.0" },
     { name = "python-multipart", specifier = ">=0.0.18,<1.0" },
@@ -2908,16 +2908,16 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "2.14.2"
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     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "typing-inspection" },
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