diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99a6ec2..cb30cd6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -206,5 +206,5 @@ cryptography>=50.0.0
 # CI asserts the installed version inside the built image — a transitive pin
 # (markdown2dash asks for gunicorn<22) must never be allowed to drag the
 # production server back under the floor without failing the build.
-gunicorn>=23.0.0
+gunicorn>=26.1.0
 # uvicorn[standard]>=0.27.0