diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5da101bad..ec75db3ad 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ unstructured==0.6.5
 anthropic==0.2.8
 fastapi==0.95.2
 python-multipart==0.0.6
-uvicorn==0.22.0
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+uvicorn==0.22.0
+docx2txt==0.8
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