diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9b2157f..d94a4133 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dateutil>=2.8.0",  # Required for partition management
     "aiofiles>=23.0.0",
     "httpx>=0.25.0",
-    "faster-whisper>=1.0.0",
+    "faster-whisper>=1.2.1",
     "watchdog>=6.0.0",
     "slowapi>=0.1.9",
     "rich>=15.0.0",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 22c16448..7650135f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ aiofiles>=23.0.0
 httpx>=0.25.0
 
 # Transcription
-faster-whisper>=1.0.0
+faster-whisper>=1.2.1
 
 # Filesystem watching (event-driven transcoding)
 watchdog>=6.0.0