diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 79bd363..027c066 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ py7zr>=1,<2
 # Google Drive fetcher for off-platform file-host links (external downloads,
 # #830). Handles Drive's confirm-token + virus-scan interstitial. mega.nz uses
 # the `megatools` binary instead (Debian apt pkg in the runtime image, not pip).
-gdown>=5,<6
+gdown>=6,<7