diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 36f59550..a44ea182 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "fastapi[all,standard]>=0.123.10",
     "humanize>=4.14.0,<5",
     "nicegui[native]>=3.5.0,<4",  # CVE-2026-21871, CVE-2026-21871, CVE-2026-21873, CVE-2026-21874 all require >=3.5.0
-    "packaging>=25.0,<26",
+    "packaging>=26,<27",
     "platformdirs>=4.5.1,<5",
     "psutil>=7.1.3,<8",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.12.0,<3",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 15696d5b..a49db2bd 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "nicegui", extras = ["native"], specifier = ">=3.5.0,<4" },
     { name = "openslide-bin", specifier = ">=4.0.0.10,<5" },
     { name = "openslide-python", specifier = ">=1.4.3,<2" },
-    { name = "packaging", specifier = ">=25.0,<26" },
+    { name = "packaging", specifier = ">=26,<27" },
     { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2.3.3,<3" },
     { name = "pillow", specifier = ">=11.3.0" },
     { name = "platformdirs", specifier = ">=4.3.2,<5" },
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-version = "7.2.1"
+version = "7.2.2"
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     { name = "chardet" },
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     { name = "pip-requirements-parser" },
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@@ -4653,11 +4653,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "26.0"
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