diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 807c8b13..0625955c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ keywords = [
 dependencies = [
   "numpy>=1.21.0",
   "pandas>=1.3.0",
-  "scipy>=1.9.0",
+  "scipy>=1.13.1",
   "scikit-learn>=1.0.0",
   "umap-learn>=0.5.0",
   "spacy>=3.4.0",