diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d3e671fec..9073678d68 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setuptools == 80.0.0   # for building Python packages
 pyelftools == 0.32     # for building U-Boot
 unidiff == 0.7.5       # for parsing unified diff
 GitPython == 3.1.44    # for manipulating git repos
-unidecode == 1.3.8     # for converting strings to ascii
+unidecode == 1.4.0     # for converting strings to ascii
 coloredlogs == 15.0.1  # for colored logging
 PyYAML == 6.0.2        # for parsing/writing YAML
 oras == 0.2.29         # for OCI stuff in mapper-oci-update