diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index cf74980..299c536 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pydantic>=2.3.0
 
 # Production WSGI server. Floor is the CVE fix line; CI asserts this version
 # inside the built container image so the markdown2dash pin can't drag it back.
-gunicorn>=23.0.0
+gunicorn>=26.0.0
 
 # AI/LLM & SEO: /llms.txt, /<page>/llms.txt, /robots.txt, /sitemap.xml, the
 # crawler prerender and the network directory. 2.3.4 floor is load-bearing: