diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b62cd712a7..3d5dd8d5ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bleak==3.0.2
 smpclient==7.2.0
 requests==2.34.2
 py7zr==1.1.3
-platformdirs==4.11.14  # native esp-idf toolchain global cache dir
+platformdirs==4.12.0  # native esp-idf toolchain global cache dir
 ninja==1.13.2  # native host and esp8266 arduino toolchain build driver
 filelock==4.0.3  # inter-process locks (PlatformIO cache heal, git clone cache); >=3.32 for FileLock(fallback_to_soft=...), older versions silently drop the kwarg