diff --git a/apps/studio/backend/pyproject.toml b/apps/studio/backend/pyproject.toml
index 6a32e69e..038cff24 100644
--- a/apps/studio/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/apps/studio/backend/pyproject.toml
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+    "bedrock-agentcore>=1.18.1",
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diff --git a/apps/studio/backend/uv.lock b/apps/studio/backend/uv.lock
index 3d062fda..fd0e841d 100644
--- a/apps/studio/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/apps/studio/backend/uv.lock
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