diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bfba44b..f34b679 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 authors = [{ name = "Dana Burks", email = "dburks@nuralyn.com" }]
 # Mirrors requirements.txt exactly; tests/test_packaging.py fails if the two
 # drift. The lock files remain the install path CI uses.
-dependencies = ["anthropic==1.2.0"]
+dependencies = ["anthropic==1.7.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Repository = "https://github.com/Nuralyn/Bench"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b35a139..aa7d9c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 #     --output-file requirements.lock requirements.txt
 # and land the regenerated lock the same way it was introduced: by
 # deliberate human decision after reading the diff (CLAUDE.md rule 1).
-anthropic==1.2.0
+anthropic==1.7.0
 # openai is a soft dependency: install it only if you set
 # BENCH_PROVIDER=openrouter (see utils/api.py).