diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index bb8470c..38e52a9 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pillow>=10.0.0
 reportlab>=4.0.0
 requests>=2.31.0
 gunicorn>=21.2.0
+whitenoise>=6.5.0
 asgiref
 certifi
 charset-normalizer