diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ab1c90..6884444 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==4.0.9",
+    "filelock==4.0.10",
     "idna>=3.18",
     "jupyter-server>=2.20.0",
     "jupyterlab>=4.6.3",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9600110..1da4ac1 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 = "==4.0.9" },
+    { name = "filelock", specifier = "==4.0.10" },
     { 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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 name = "filelock"
-version = "4.0.9"
+version = "4.0.10"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5b/2a/4b1ea3f2180be251a5cff1e70c8a5b7994ffa5c8eab8937901f8a9db58fe/filelock-4.0.10-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:698048d158dc3c9e18cc5e88b3efdd4bd0e77d76686b22adb4511cc4b2c2f0db", size = 111193, upload-time = "2026-10-03T23:40:47.334Z" },
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 [[package]]