diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index f1ce4b60..c562c98e 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
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+version = "25.3.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "packaging" },
+]
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+wheels = [
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@@ -1248,8 +1260,10 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "charset-normalizer" },
     { name = "flask" },
     { name = "flask-cors" },
+    { name = "gunicorn" },
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
+    { name = "pyjwt" },
     { name = "pymupdf" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "zep-cloud" },
@@ -1276,9 +1290,11 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "flask", specifier = ">=3.0.0" },
     { name = "flask-cors", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },
+    { name = "gunicorn", specifier = ">=22.0.0" },
     { name = "openai", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
     { name = "pipreqs", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=0.5.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
+    { name = "pyjwt", specifier = ">=2.8.0" },
     { name = "pymupdf", specifier = ">=1.24.0" },
     { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=8.0.0" },
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