diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 58b01c8..3a8df4a 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ fastapi==0.104.1
 uvicorn[standard]==0.24.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.23
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
+bcrypt==4.0.1
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
 python-multipart==0.0.6
 pydantic==2.5.0