diff --git a/exercises/requirements.txt b/exercises/requirements.txt
index 6d87b75..6c84726 100644
--- a/exercises/requirements.txt
+++ b/exercises/requirements.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ simplejson==3.19.2
 six==1.16.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
 speech==0.5.2
-starlette==0.35.1
+starlette==0.40.0
 tinycss2==1.3.0
 typing_extensions==4.12.2
 tzdata==2024.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7066196..744a45b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ sniffio==1.3.1
 soupsieve==2.5
 speech==0.5.2
 SpeechRecognition==3.10.4
-starlette==0.17.1
+starlette==0.40.0
 tinycss2==1.3.0
 traits==6.3.2
 typing_extensions==4.12.2