diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6fe0a6..ae24509 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/VectorInstitute/aieng-template-implementation"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "aieng-topic-impl",
-    "filelock==4.1.0",
+    "filelock==4.1.1",
     "idna>=3.18",
     "jupyter-server>=2.20.0",
     "jupyterlab>=4.6.3",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 303fc33..ca7571b 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "aieng-topic-impl", editable = "aieng-topic-impl" },
-    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==4.1.0" },
+    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==4.1.1" },
     { name = "idna", specifier = ">=3.18" },
     { name = "jupyter-server", specifier = ">=2.20.0" },
     { name = "jupyterlab", specifier = ">=4.6.3" },
@@ -820,11 +820,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "4.1.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d7/8b/f837f52905395ba4510fe61f753c24833fb0a9c76e21267bb9f828b664a9/filelock-4.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3f4a557945a7b0f95efeb1f432267affe5d45ac8ddde2aed1b97ebb62382c089", size = 132460, upload-time = "2026-10-11T16:11:52.753Z" },
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