diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 53166a42..783fe560 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ python-jose==3.3.0
 passlib==1.7.4
 bcrypt==4.0.1
 python-multipart==0.0.6
+sqlmodel