diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 795d01e..93ff4c1 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-service",
  "actix-utils",
  "ahash",
- "base64 0.21.4",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "brotli",
  "bytes",
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ name = "ai_companion"
 version = "0.9.8"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
- "base64 0.21.4",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "chrono",
  "futures-util",
  "llm",
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.4"
+version = "0.21.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ba43ea6f343b788c8764558649e08df62f86c6ef251fdaeb1ffd010a9ae50a2"
+checksum = "35636a1494ede3b646cc98f74f8e62c773a38a659ebc777a2cf26b9b74171df9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ version = "0.11.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "046cd98826c46c2ac8ddecae268eb5c2e58628688a5fc7a2643704a73faba95b"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.4",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick 1.1.1",
  "arc-swap",
  "async-trait",
- "base64 0.21.4",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "bitpacking",
  "byteorder",
  "census",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 6714b41..b336819 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ serde_json = "1.0.107"
 tantivy = "0.21.0"
 chrono = "0.4.31"
 futures-util = "0.3.28"
-base64 = "0.21.4"
+base64 = "0.21.5"