diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ada374b..31a60cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ hypercorn>=0.16,<0.17
 
 # DB
 sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2.0,<2.1
-asyncpg>=0.29,<0.30
-psycopg[binary]>=3.1,<3.2
+# asyncpg 0.30 was the first release with Python 3.13/3.14 wheels (0.29 builds
+# from source on 3.14 and fails).
+asyncpg>=0.30,<0.31
+# psycopg 3.2 stabilized the resolver story; staying on 3.1 caused pip to
+# backtrack through dozens of versions trying to find a 3.14-compatible combo.
+psycopg[binary]>=3.2,<3.3
 alembic>=1.13,<1.14
 pgvector>=0.2,<0.3
 
@@ -13,11 +17,13 @@ pgvector>=0.2,<0.3
 celery>=5.4,<5.5
 redis>=5.0,<6.0
 
-# Crypto for credential storage (lands in FC-3, but pinned now for stability)
-cryptography>=42,<43
+# Crypto for credential storage (lands in FC-3, but pinned now for stability).
+# 44+ aligns with current cffi/abi3 wheels under Python 3.14.
+cryptography>=44,<46
 
-# Image handling (lands in FC-2)
-pillow>=10.2,<11.0
+# Image handling (lands in FC-2). 11.x is the line with Python 3.13+ wheels;
+# 10.x has no 3.14 wheel and fails to build from source.
+pillow>=11.1,<12
 imagehash>=4.3,<4.4
 
 # Gallery-dl wrapper (lands in FC-3)