diff --git a/backend/requirements/default.txt b/backend/requirements/default.txt
index 4ffd03249..760f2abfd 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/default.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ httpx-oauth==0.11.2
 jira==3.5.1
 Mako==1.2.4
 nltk==3.8.1
+docx2txt==0.8
 openai==0.27.6
 playwright==1.32.1
 psycopg2==2.9.6
@@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ tensorflow==2.12.0
 transformers==4.30.1
 typesense==0.15.1
 uvicorn==0.21.1
+