diff --git a/ai/requirements.txt b/ai/requirements.txt
index 94a2a6af5..1373137bb 100644
--- a/ai/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ scikit-learn>=1.8.0
 joblib>=1.5.0  # directly imported by phenotype_discovery (Parallel/delayed); not just a sklearn transitive
 
 # Spatial statistics (lazy-loaded)
-libpysal>=4.9
+libpysal>=4.14.1
 esda>=2.9.0
 spreg>=1.9.0
 redis>=7.4.0