diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 3d8df373c6..73c291843c 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-xdist>=3.5.0",
     "websockets>=12.0",
     "typer>=0.12.3",
-    "django-debug-toolbar>=5.0.1",
+    "django-debug-toolbar>=7.0.0",
 ]
 
 # Pull torch from the CPU-only PyTorch index. torch 2.12 declares CUDA deps