diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 040cea8..5cb3fb3 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.34.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.36
 alembic==1.14.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
+asyncpg==0.31.0
 redis==5.2.1
 pydantic==2.10.3
 pydantic-settings==2.7.0