diff --git a/src/backend/pyproject.toml b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
index e02186fdb..ba41839b0 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies = [
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     "azure-ai-inference>=1.0.0b9",
     "azure-ai-projects>=1.0.0b9",
+    "azure-ai-agents>=1.2.0b1",
     "azure-cosmos>=4.9.0",
     "azure-identity>=1.21.0",
     "azure-monitor-events-extension>=0.1.0",
diff --git a/src/backend/uv.lock b/src/backend/uv.lock
index 61b0afada..2f9a6fc21 100644
--- a/src/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/src/backend/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-revision = 2
+revision = 3
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 source = { virtual = "." }
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+    { name = "azure-ai-agents" },
     { name = "azure-ai-evaluation" },
     { name = "azure-ai-inference" },
     { name = "azure-ai-projects" },
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