diff --git a/02-use-cases/01-conversational-agents/market-trends-agent/requirements.txt b/02-use-cases/01-conversational-agents/market-trends-agent/requirements.txt
index 00c42c546..35617cb3f 100644
--- a/02-use-cases/01-conversational-agents/market-trends-agent/requirements.txt
+++ b/02-use-cases/01-conversational-agents/market-trends-agent/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ langchain-aws
 langchain-core
 boto3
 playwright
-bedrock-agentcore==1.8.0
+bedrock-agentcore==1.18.1
 strands-agents[otel]==1.38.0
 aws-opentelemetry-distro==0.19.0
 jsonschema>=4.24.0,<4.25.0
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