diff --git a/requirements/requirements_ingester.txt b/requirements/requirements_ingester.txt
index bd9598ef..35e7a0ec 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_ingester.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_ingester.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ confluent-kafka==2.11.0
 cryptography==44.0.2
 dask==2024.10.0
 deepdiff==8.5.0
-distributed==2024.10.0
+distributed==2026.1.1
 fastavro==1.6.0 #breaking changes in newer versions
 fire==0.7.0
 gsutil==5.31