diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2cbf33259..eda886405 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ protobuf==5.28.2
 pyasn1==0.5.1
 pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
 pycparser==2.22
-pydantic==2.9.1
-pydantic-core==2.23.3
+pydantic==2.9.2
+# pydantic pins pydantic-core, 
+# but dependabot updates these separately (which is broken) and is annoying,
+# so we rely on pydantic to pull in the right version of pydantic-core.
+# pydantic-core==2.23.4
 xmltodict==0.13.0
 pyelftools==0.31
 pygments==2.18.0