diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2f66ebe..36031ae4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "textual-fspicker>=0.6.0",
     "structlog>=25.4.0",
     "docling-serve==1.5.0",
+    "docling-core==2.48.1",
     "easyocr>=1.7.1"
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 7f86be10..977e447c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2361,6 +2361,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "cryptography" },
     { name = "docling", extra = ["ocrmac"], marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
     { name = "docling", extra = ["vlm"] },
+    { name = "docling-core" },
     { name = "docling-serve" },
     { name = "easyocr" },
     { name = "google-api-python-client" },
@@ -2399,6 +2400,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "cryptography", specifier = ">=45.0.6" },
     { name = "docling", extras = ["ocrmac", "vlm"], marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'", specifier = "==2.41.0" },
     { name = "docling", extras = ["vlm"], marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin'", specifier = "==2.41.0" },
+    { name = "docling-core", specifier = "==2.48.1" },
     { name = "docling-serve", specifier = "==1.5.0" },
     { name = "easyocr", specifier = ">=1.7.1" },
     { name = "google-api-python-client", specifier = ">=2.143.0" },