diff --git a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
index d29a60ba1..56a249a9a 100644
--- a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ orjson==3.11.6
 packaging==24.2
 pandas==2.2.3
 pillow==12.2.0
-pip==25.2
+pip==26.1
 propcache==0.3.1
 protobuf==5.29.6
 psutil==7.0.0