diff --git a/backend/app/services/auth.py b/backend/app/services/auth.py
index cc54803..b3dceea 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/auth.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/auth.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ from app.config import settings
 from app.models import User
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from app.database.database import get_db
+import warnings
+
+# Suppress bcrypt version warnings with passlib
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*bcrypt.*__about__.*")
 
 pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
 security = HTTPBearer()
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 378b505..6a093da 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ pydantic>=2.5.0
 pydantic-settings>=2.1.0
 python-multipart>=0.0.6
 python-jose[cryptography]>=3.3.0
-passlib>=1.7.4
-bcrypt>=3.2.0,<5.0.0
+passlib[bcrypt]>=1.7.4
 email-validator>=2.1.0