diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index d7efb72854..a8b091c37b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pypdf==6.7.5
 fpdf2==2.8.7
 pymdown-extensions==10.21.3
 docx2txt==0.9
+python-docx==1.2.0
 python-pptx==1.0.2
 msoffcrypto-tool==6.0.0
 unstructured==0.22.31
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dd32e74270..5b6b3e0749 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "fpdf2==2.8.7",
     "pymdown-extensions==10.21.3",
     "docx2txt==0.9",
+    "python-docx==1.2.0",
     "python-pptx==1.0.2",
     "msoffcrypto-tool==6.0.0",
     "nltk==3.9.4",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index cfce969de9..cff82b6167 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3045,6 +3045,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pymysql" },
     { name = "pypandoc" },
     { name = "pypdf" },
+    { name = "python-docx" },
     { name = "python-mimeparse" },
     { name = "python-multipart" },
     { name = "python-pptx" },
@@ -3193,6 +3194,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pymysql", specifier = "==1.2.0" },
     { name = "pypandoc", specifier = "==1.17" },
     { name = "pypdf", specifier = "==6.7.5" },
+    { name = "python-docx", specifier = "==1.2.0" },
     { name = "python-mimeparse", specifier = "==2.0.0" },
     { name = "python-multipart", specifier = "==0.0.32" },
     { name = "python-pptx", specifier = "==1.0.2" },
@@ -4424,6 +4426,19 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ec/57/56b9bcc3c9c6a792fcbaf139543cee77261f3651ca9da0c93f5c1221264b/python_dateutil-2.9.0.post0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a8b2bc7bffae282281c8140a97d3aa9c14da0b136dfe83f850eea9a5f7470427", size = 229892, upload-time = "2024-03-01T18:36:18.57Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-docx"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "lxml" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a9/f7/eddfe33871520adab45aaa1a71f0402a2252050c14c7e3009446c8f4701c/python_docx-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7bc9d7b7d8a69c9c02ca09216118c86552704edc23bac179283f2e38f86220ce", size = 5723256, upload-time = "2025-06-16T20:46:27.921Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d0/00/1e03a4989fa5795da308cd774f05b704ace555a70f9bf9d3be057b680bcf/python_docx-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3fd478f3250fbbbfd3b94fe1e985955737c145627498896a8a6bf81f4baf66c7", size = 252987, upload-time = "2025-06-16T20:46:22.506Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dotenv"
 version = "1.2.2"