diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 844891d..2bfa2f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "napalm>=4.0.0",
     "netmiko>=4.0.0",
+    "paramiko>=5.0.0",  # CVE-2026-44405
     "netaddr",
     "requests>=2.25.0",
     "urllib3",