diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b3cd25..88d442a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests",
     "python-dotenv",
     "dimcli",
-    "polars",
+    "polars>=1.2",
     "pyalex",
     "more-itertools"
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd461c0..5e6396d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ parso==0.8.4
     # via jedi
 pexpect==4.9.0
     # via ipython
-polars==0.20.31
+polars==1.2.1
     # via rialto-airflow (pyproject.toml)
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.47
     # via