diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a9dbaa3b8d7..fcbcb171246 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ smp==4.2.0; platform_system != "Darwin" or platform_machine != "x86_64"
 smp==4.1.0; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_machine == "x86_64"
 requests==2.34.2
 py7zr==1.1.3
-platformdirs==4.12.3  # native esp-idf toolchain global cache dir
+platformdirs==4.12.4  # native esp-idf toolchain global cache dir
 ninja==1.13.2  # native host and esp8266 arduino toolchain build driver
 filelock==4.0.12  # inter-process locks (PlatformIO cache heal, git clone cache); >=3.32 for FileLock(fallback_to_soft=...), older versions silently drop the kwarg