diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 79d0273..7696e74 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyjwt>=2.13.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
     "svix>=1.99.1",
-    "clerk-backend-api>=5.0.6",
+    "clerk-backend-api>=7.0.0",
     "slowapi>=0.1.10",
     "redis>=5.0.0",
     "websockets>=16.1.1",
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index ef9fe2e..beaf81d 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clerk-backend-api"
-version = "6.0.1"
+version = "7.0.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cryptography" },
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "pyjwt" },
 ]
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+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/48/de97a14a8fcc9da3f37ed2d6320be489f4dd076e640c9bac60482f620e59/clerk_backend_api-7.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2ff8eab7a75d7ff527cadfaf4ebba53ee5316ac1f7bc22f0d0d6f1b8033082f0", size = 291950, upload-time = "2026-08-11T13:50:25.109Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/62/b8/8ea910c05c3e8b37294267cfad863d626ba2fcc4462ecea1573885382814/clerk_backend_api-6.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a76c006ec8082d2a0d903c131ecd195400635a4cf3834fe8683688a598296e84", size = 566645, upload-time = "2026-06-12T16:00:01.353Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f4/11/ba1731756d7e8bce06ac3428604629600cde7c17f1b8415277f62f18657c/clerk_backend_api-7.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8df8639dcdaa600dbd1a26878ecaeb6dcc724b2d21247eb6abef4cbd73be9eb5", size = 598066, upload-time = "2026-08-11T13:50:23.67Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "clerk-backend-api", specifier = ">=5.0.6" },
+    { name = "clerk-backend-api", specifier = ">=7.0.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", specifier = ">=0.141.1" },
     { name = "fastmcp", specifier = ">=3.4.7" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.27.0" },