diff --git a/ai-requirements.txt b/ai-requirements.txt
index 135af4c09..8b46655a4 100644
--- a/ai-requirements.txt
+++ b/ai-requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ tiktoken>=0.8.0
 langsmith>=0.7.7
 
 # Network Automation
-netmiko>=4.7.0
+paramiko>=5.0.0  # install version >= 5.0.0 to address CVE-2026-44405
+netmiko>=4.8.0
 nornir>=3.5.0
 nornir-netmiko>=1.0.1
 nornir-utils>=0.2.0