diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 9ff4c3f5de..1cf7d719ea 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy~=1.26.4",
     "openpyxl~=3.1.5",
     "opik~=1.8.72",
-    "litellm==1.77.1",  # Pinned to avoid madoka dependency issue
+    "litellm==1.77.1", # Pinned to avoid madoka dependency issue
     "opentelemetry-api==1.27.0",
     "opentelemetry-distro==0.48b0",
     "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.27.0",
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "tiktoken~=0.9.0",
     "transformers~=4.56.1",
     "unstructured[docx,epub,md,ppt,pptx]~=0.16.1",
-    "weave~=0.51.0",
     "yarl~=1.18.3",
     "webvtt-py~=0.5.1",
     "sseclient-py~=1.8.0",
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "croniter>=6.0.0",
     "weaviate-client==4.17.0",
     "apscheduler>=3.11.0",
+    "weave>=0.52.16",
 ]
 # Before adding new dependency, consider place it in
 # alphabet order (a-z) and suitable group.
diff --git a/api/uv.lock b/api/uv.lock
index 439a0566e8..6300adae61 100644
--- a/api/uv.lock
+++ b/api/uv.lock
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "transformers", specifier = "~=4.56.1" },
     { name = "unstructured", extras = ["docx", "epub", "md", "ppt", "pptx"], specifier = "~=0.16.1" },
-    { name = "weave", specifier = "~=0.51.0" },
+    { name = "weave", specifier = ">=0.52.16" },
     { name = "weaviate-client", specifier = "==4.17.0" },
     { name = "webvtt-py", specifier = "~=0.5.1" },
     { name = "yarl", specifier = "~=1.18.3" },
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@@ -6906,7 +6897,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "0.51.59"
+version = "0.52.16"
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 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
@@ -6914,18 +6905,17 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "eval-type-backport" },
     { name = "gql", extra = ["aiohttp", "requests"] },
     { name = "jsonschema" },
-    { name = "nest-asyncio" },
     { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "polyfile-weave" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
-    { name = "rich" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk" },
     { name = "tenacity" },
+    { name = "tzdata", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
     { name = "wandb" },
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