diff --git a/requirements-optional.txt b/requirements-optional.txt
index ab21e81ee..efc49a833 100644
--- a/requirements-optional.txt
+++ b/requirements-optional.txt
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ PyMuPDF
 # magika (onnxruntime), already a core dep via fastembed. We avoid the
 # [all]/Azure/audio extras (cloud + heavy). Pinned to a release >30 days old per
 # the dependency-age discussion in issue #485.
-markitdown[docx,pptx,xlsx,xls]==0.1.6
+markitdown[docx,pptx,xlsx,xls]==0.1.7
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3c5114f53..1ed61edb2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ uvicorn
 python-multipart
 python-dotenv
 httpx
-httpcore>=1.0,<2.0
+httpcore>=1.0.9,<2.0
 pydantic>=2.13.4
-pydantic-settings>=2.14.1
+pydantic-settings>=2.14.2
 SQLAlchemy
 pypdf
 beautifulsoup4