diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 12cce84..4bb71bb 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==3.20.1",
+    "filelock==3.20.2",
     "jupyterlab>=4.4.8",
     "pip>=25.3",
     "urllib3>=2.6.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8bec475..b323edc 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "aieng-topic-impl", editable = "aieng-topic-impl" },
-    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==3.20.1" },
+    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==3.20.2" },
     { name = "jupyterlab", specifier = ">=4.4.8" },
     { name = "pip", specifier = ">=25.3" },
     { name = "urllib3", specifier = ">=2.6.0" },
@@ -600,11 +600,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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 name = "filelock"
-version = "3.20.1"
+version = "3.20.2"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9a/30/ab407e2ec752aa541704ed8f93c11e2a5d92c168b8a755d818b74a3c5c2d/filelock-3.20.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fbba7237d6ea277175a32c54bb71ef814a8546d8601269e1bfc388de333974e8", size = 16697, upload-time = "2026-01-02T15:33:31.133Z" },
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 [[package]]