diff --git a/examples/fastapi-background-tasks/app/requirements.txt b/examples/fastapi-background-tasks/app/requirements.txt
index 4e6e036b..d41532e7 100644
--- a/examples/fastapi-background-tasks/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/fastapi-background-tasks/app/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pydantic==2.9.2
 pydantic-core==2.23.4
 requests==2.32.3
 sniffio==1.3.1
-starlette==0.41.2
+starlette==1.3.1
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
 urllib3==2.2.3
 uvicorn==0.32.0
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