diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index fb4d2bb..5077427 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
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   "asyncpg>=0.30.0",
   "beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0",
-  "dspy>=3.0.3",
+  "dspy>=3.0.4",
   "fastapi>=0.115.0",
   "google-generativeai>=0.8.0",
   "httpx>=0.27.0",
diff --git a/python/uv.lock b/python/uv.lock
index 4f33b46..cc607bd 100644
--- a/python/uv.lock
+++ b/python/uv.lock
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "beautifulsoup4", specifier = ">=4.12.0" },
     { name = "black", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=24.0.0" },
-    { name = "dspy", specifier = ">=3.0.3" },
+    { name = "dspy", specifier = ">=3.0.4" },
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     { name = "google-generativeai", specifier = ">=0.8.0" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.27.0" },
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "3.0.4"
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@@ -1103,6 +1103,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "optuna" },
     { name = "orjson" },
+    { name = "pillow" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "regex" },
     { name = "requests" },
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