diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e92a52d..f65fccf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/VectorInstitute/aieng-template-implementation"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "aieng-topic-impl",
-    "filelock==3.25.0",
+    "filelock==3.25.1",
     "jupyterlab>=4.4.8",
     "pip>=25.3",
     "urllib3>=2.6.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 54a7074..e74578f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "aieng-topic-impl", editable = "aieng-topic-impl" },
-    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==3.25.0" },
+    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==3.25.1" },
     { name = "jupyterlab", specifier = ">=4.4.8" },
     { name = "pip", specifier = ">=25.3" },
     { name = "urllib3", specifier = ">=2.6.0" },
@@ -602,11 +602,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "3.25.0"
+version = "3.25.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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