diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e8d560..cb0af0b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # this file makes pip backtrack to 0.1.0 rather than report a conflict, and the demo
 # then dies at startup instead of at install time. See PR body.
 cmcp-runtime>=0.4.0
-weight-custody-manifest>=0.23.0,<0.25.0
+weight-custody-manifest>=0.25.0,<0.26.0
 openai>=2.54.0