diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f890cc976f3..9c47cac24fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Documentation = "https://docs.litellm.ai"
 # supply-chain-pinned to a vetted, aged release.
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 proxy = [
-    "gunicorn>=23.0.0,<24.0",
+    "gunicorn>=26.0.0,<27.0",
     "uvicorn>=0.33.0,<1.0",
     "granian>=2.7.4,<3.0",
     "uvloop>=0.21.0,<1.0; sys_platform != 'win32'",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 940ca860c75..153fc72e5b6 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2426,14 +2426,14 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gunicorn"
-version = "23.0.0"
+version = "26.0.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "packaging" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/34/72/9614c465dc206155d93eff0ca20d42e1e35afc533971379482de953521a4/gunicorn-23.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f014447a0101dc57e294f6c18ca6b40227a4c90e9bdb586042628030cba004ec", size = 375031, upload-time = "2024-08-10T20:25:27.378Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6d/b7/a4a3f632f823e432ce6bc65f62961b7980c898c77f075a2f7118cb3846fe/gunicorn-26.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ca9346f85e3a4aeeb64d491045c16b9a35647abd37ea15efe53080eb8b090baf", size = 727286, upload-time = "2026-05-05T06:38:25.529Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/7d/6dac2a6e1eba33ee43f318edbed4ff29151a49b5d37f080aad1e6469bca4/gunicorn-23.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ec400d38950de4dfd418cff8328b2c8faed0edb0d517d3394e457c317908ca4d", size = 85029, upload-time = "2024-08-10T20:25:24.996Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e6/40/9c2384fc2be4ad25dd4a49decd5ad9ea5a3639814c11bd40ab77cb9f0a14/gunicorn-26.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:40233d26a5f0d1872916188c276e21641155111c2853f0c2cd55260aec0d24fc", size = 212009, upload-time = "2026-05-05T06:38:23.007Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "granian", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=2.7.4,<3.0" },
     { name = "grpcio", marker = "extra == 'grpc'", specifier = "==1.78.0" },
     { name = "grpcio", marker = "extra == 'proxy-runtime'", specifier = "==1.78.0" },
-    { name = "gunicorn", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=23.0.0,<24.0" },
+    { name = "gunicorn", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=26.0.0,<27.0" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.28.0,<1.0" },
     { name = "importlib-metadata", specifier = ">=8.0.0,<9.0" },
     { name = "jinja2", specifier = ">=3.1.6,<4.0" },