diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 52b749788f..59ffc730ef 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-xdist>=3.5.0",
     "websockets>=12.0",
     "typer>=0.12.3",
-    "django-debug-toolbar>=5.0.1",
+    "django-debug-toolbar>=7.1.0",
 ]
 
 # Pull torch from the CPU-only PyTorch index. torch 2.12 declares CUDA deps