diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c780b79..7d93abb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ dev = [
     "ruff>=0.15.20",
 ]
 deploy = [
-    "gunicorn>=20.1",
+    "gunicorn>=26.0.0",
     "hypercorn>=0.14",
     "uvicorn>=0.49.0"
     # "uvicorn = { extras = ["standard"], version = ">=0.20" }
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index af02a2c..ad798db 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1042,14 +1042,14 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gunicorn"
-version = "25.3.0"
+version = "26.0.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "packaging" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c4/f4/e78fa054248fab913e2eab0332c6c2cb07421fca1ce56d8fe43b6aef57a4/gunicorn-25.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f74e1b2f9f76f6cd1ca01198968bd2dd65830edc24b6e8e4d78de8320e2fe889", size = 634883, upload-time = "2026-03-27T00:00:26.092Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6d/b7/a4a3f632f823e432ce6bc65f62961b7980c898c77f075a2f7118cb3846fe/gunicorn-26.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ca9346f85e3a4aeeb64d491045c16b9a35647abd37ea15efe53080eb8b090baf", size = 727286, upload-time = "2026-05-05T06:38:25.529Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/43/c8/8aaf447698c4d59aa853fd318eed300b5c9e44459f242ab8ead6c9c09792/gunicorn-25.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cacea387dab08cd6776501621c295a904fe8e3b7aae9a1a3cbb26f4e7ed54660", size = 208403, upload-time = "2026-03-27T00:00:27.386Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e6/40/9c2384fc2be4ad25dd4a49decd5ad9ea5a3639814c11bd40ab77cb9f0a14/gunicorn-26.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:40233d26a5f0d1872916188c276e21641155111c2853f0c2cd55260aec0d24fc", size = 212009, upload-time = "2026-05-05T06:38:23.007Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ requires-dist = [
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 deploy = [
-    { name = "gunicorn", specifier = ">=20.1" },
+    { name = "gunicorn", specifier = ">=26.0.0" },
     { name = "hypercorn", specifier = ">=0.14" },
     { name = "uvicorn", specifier = ">=0.49.0" },
 ]