diff --git a/app/core/config.py b/app/core/config.py
index 7282344..a661a47 100644
--- a/app/core/config.py
+++ b/app/core/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+# Try to import from pydantic_settings, fall back to pydantic if not available
+try:
+    from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+except ImportError:
+    from pydantic import BaseSettings
 
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 26180c2..026d760 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ uvicorn>=0.15.0
 sqlalchemy>=1.4.0
 alembic>=1.7.0
 pydantic>=2.0.0
+pydantic-settings>=2.0.0
 python-dotenv>=0.19.0
 ruff>=0.0.270
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