diff --git a/docassemble_base/pyproject.toml b/docassemble_base/pyproject.toml
index 69fe413f7..f14fe76d7 100644
--- a/docassemble_base/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docassemble_base/pyproject.toml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "msrest==0.7.1",
   "multidict==6.7.1",
   "nh3==0.3.6",
-  "nltk==3.9.2",
+  "nltk==3.10.0",
   "num2words==0.5.14",
   "numpy==2.2.6",
   "oauth2client==4.1.3",