diff --git a/packaging/Makefile b/packaging/Makefile
index 0d1c4dcb..909a25b5 100644
--- a/packaging/Makefile
+++ b/packaging/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ debian-package-code:
 	cp ../examples/instance_message_from_aleph.json ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/examples/instance_message_from_aleph.json
 	cp -r ../examples/data ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/examples/data
 	mkdir -p ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/examples/volumes
-	pip3 install --progress-bar off --target ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/ 'aleph-message==0.4.9' 'eth-account==0.10' 'sentry-sdk==1.31.0' 'qmp==1.1.0' 'aleph-superfluid~=0.2.1' 'sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2.0' 'aiosqlite==0.19.0' 'alembic==1.13.1' 'aiohttp_cors==0.7.0' 'pyroute2==0.7.12' 'python-cpuid==0.1.0' 'solathon==1.0.2'
+	pip3 install --progress-bar off --target ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/ 'aleph-message==0.4.9' 'eth-account==0.10' 'sentry-sdk==1.31.0' 'qmp==1.1.0' 'aleph-superfluid~=0.2.1' 'sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2.0' 'aiosqlite==0.19.0' 'alembic==1.13.1' 'aiohttp_cors==0.7.0' 'pydantic-settings==2.6.1' 'pyroute2==0.7.12' 'python-cpuid==0.1.0' 'solathon==1.0.2'
 	python3 -m compileall ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/
 
 debian-package-resources: firecracker-bins vmlinux download-ipfs-kubo  target/bin/sevctl
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c650ee4..31d4676f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "psutil==5.9.5",
   "py-cpuinfo==9",
   "pydantic>=2",
-  "pydantic-settings",
+  "pydantic-settings==2.6.1",
   "pyroute2==0.7.12",
   "python-cpuid==0.1",
   "python-dotenv",