diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index b7ad80a..34ee9f9 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from app.core.orchestration.queue_manager import AsyncQueueManager
 from app.database.weaviate.client import get_weaviate_client
 from integrations.discord.bot import DiscordBot
-from discord.ext import commands
+from discord import errors as discord_errors
 # DevRel commands are now loaded dynamically (commented out below)
 # from integrations.discord.cogs import DevRelCommands
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async def start_background_tasks(self):
             # --- Load commands inside the async startup function ---
             try:
                 await self.discord_bot.load_extension("integrations.discord.cogs")
-            except (ImportError, commands.ExtensionError) as e:
+            except (ImportError, discord_errors.ExtensionFailed) as e:
                 logger.error("Failed to load Discord cog extension: %s", e)
 
             # Start the bot as a background task.
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5982753..c005967 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ proto-plus==1.26.1
 protobuf>=3.20.2,<4.0
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure_eval==0.2.3
-py-cord==2.6.2  # Latest version to minimize deprecation warnings
 pyasn1==0.6.1
 pyasn1_modules==0.4.2
 pycodestyle==2.13.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d22557..22af1d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
     "supabase (>=2.13.0,<3.0.0)",
     "fastapi (>=0.115.11,<0.116.0)",
-    "py-cord (>=2.6.1,<3.0.0)",
     "pygithub (>=2.6.1,<3.0.0)",
     "slack-sdk (>=3.34.0,<4.0.0)",
     "sentence-transformers (>=3.4.1,<4.0.0)",