diff --git a/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt
index 13c79e4e255..57ed08c324f 100644
--- a/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.7'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
-pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
+pillow==12.1.1; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
 google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.84.0
 sentencepiece==0.2.0