diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 63712a8c..0adb1d48 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -803,12 +803,12 @@ files = [
 google-auth = ">=2.14.1,<3.0.dev0"
 googleapis-common-protos = ">=1.56.2,<2.0.dev0"
 grpcio = [
-    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0dev", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
     {version = ">=1.33.2,<2.0dev", optional = true, markers = "python_version < \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
+    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0dev", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
 ]
 grpcio-status = [
-    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0.dev0", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
     {version = ">=1.33.2,<2.0.dev0", optional = true, markers = "python_version < \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
+    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0.dev0", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
 ]
 proto-plus = ">=1.22.3,<2.0.0dev"
 protobuf = ">=3.19.5,<3.20.0 || >3.20.0,<3.20.1 || >3.20.1,<4.21.0 || >4.21.0,<4.21.1 || >4.21.1,<4.21.2 || >4.21.2,<4.21.3 || >4.21.3,<4.21.4 || >4.21.4,<4.21.5 || >4.21.5,<6.0.0.dev0"
@@ -1877,8 +1877,8 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 numpy = [
-    {version = ">=1.23.2", markers = "python_version == \"3.11\""},
     {version = ">=1.22.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""},
+    {version = ">=1.23.2", markers = "python_version == \"3.11\""},
     {version = ">=1.26.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
 ]
 python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
@@ -2876,13 +2876,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "starlette"
-version = "0.38.6"
+version = "0.40.0"
 description = "The little ASGI library that shines."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "starlette-0.38.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4517a1409e2e73ee4951214ba012052b9e16f60e90d73cfb06192c19203bbb05"},
-    {file = "starlette-0.38.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:863a1588f5574e70a821dadefb41e4881ea451a47a3cd1b4df359d4ffefe5ead"},
+    {file = "starlette-0.40.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c494a22fae73805376ea6bf88439783ecfba9aac88a43911b48c653437e784c4"},
+    {file = "starlette-0.40.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1a3139688fb298ce5e2d661d37046a66ad996ce94be4d4983be019a23a04ea35"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -3390,4 +3390,4 @@ standard-tests = ["modelgauge_standard_tests"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,!=3.12.5,<3.13"
-content-hash = "335d89a7c9e4a11d43dfc0fae268956e9913fc0e4133277c4051f40b488b0db6"
+content-hash = "b2b1633bf8ade1714274b6f4ebe319cc5cddf4d984448526d833a62cc81b56bd"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d9fbbf5c..94ff67f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typing-extensions = "^4.10.0"
 tenacity = "^9.0.0"
 jsonlines = "^4.0.0"
 diskcache = "^5.6.3"
-starlette = "^0.38.0"
+starlette = ">=0.38,<0.41"
 fastapi = "^0.115.0"
 together = "^1.2.3"
 modelgauge_demo_plugin = {version = "*", optional = false}