diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 32c29a270b..bac3da578b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync --no-dev --group tests --extra all
       - name: Ensure that we have the lowest supported Pydantic version
         if: matrix.uv-resolution == 'lowest-direct'
-        run: uv pip install "pydantic==2.11.0"
+        run: uv pip install "pydantic==2.12.0"
       - name: Install Starlette from source
         if: matrix.starlette-src == 'starlette-git'
         run: uv pip install "git+https://github.com/Kludex/starlette@main"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bbd42eef30..7420ad54db 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "starlette>=0.46.0",
-    "pydantic>=2.11.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.12.0",
     "typing-extensions>=4.8.0",
     "typing-inspection>=0.4.2",
     "annotated-doc>=0.0.2",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d946778ddd..e0f4117960 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'all'", specifier = ">=3.1.5" },
     { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'standard'", specifier = ">=3.1.5" },
     { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'standard-no-fastapi-cloud-cli'", specifier = ">=3.1.5" },
-    { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.11.0" },
+    { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.12.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-extra-types", marker = "extra == 'all'", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-extra-types", marker = "extra == 'standard'", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-extra-types", marker = "extra == 'standard-no-fastapi-cloud-cli'", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },