diff --git a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
index 41174ad2f..02f0d4b72 100644
--- a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ chardet==5.2.0
 charset-normalizer==3.4.1
 circuitbreaker==1.4.0
 click==8.1.8
-cryptography==42.0.8
+cryptography==44.0.1
 dataclasses-json==0.6.7
 et_xmlfile==2.0.0
 eval_type_backport==0.2.2