diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7811bb2..fe17fa3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license= "Apache-2.0"
 dependencies = [
 	# https://pypi.org/project/fastapi/
-	# pin fastapi as long as we use justpy
+	# pin fastapi and starlette as long as we use justpy
 	'fastapi==0.95.0',
+	'starlette==0.26.1',
     # https://pypi.org/project/geograpy3/
     'geograpy3>=0.2.7',
  	#https://github.com/martinblech/xmltodict