diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1ac84bb..94fe5d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ python-dotenv==0.21.0  # For loading environment variables from a .env file
 
 # HTTP requests and secure data handling
 requests==2.31.0       # For making HTTP requests
-cryptography==39.0.1   # For secure data handling and encryption
+cryptography==44.0.1   # For secure data handling and encryption
 
 # Advanced data processing and analysis
 dask==2023.7.0         # Parallel computing with task scheduling for larger-than-memory computations
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4641efb..649c0fc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         "seaborn==0.12.2",
         "python-dotenv==0.21.0",
         "requests==2.31.0",
-        "cryptography==39.0.1",
+        "cryptography==44.0.1",
         "dask==2023.7.0",
         "xgboost==1.7.6",
         "loguru==0.6.0",