diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d2c78a..184fba9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to AI-RPG are documented here.
 The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.0.2] — 2026-06-20
+
+### Fixed
+- **requirements.txt**: added missing `email-validator==2.2.0` dependency. Pydantic's `EmailStr` type (used in `RegisterRequest`, `AdminRegisterRequest`, `LoginRequest.user.email`, `UserPublic.email`, `TokenResponse.user.email`) requires this package at runtime, but it's not bundled with pydantic itself. Without it the backend crashed at startup with `ImportError: email-validator is not installed, run pip install pydantic[email]`. Also removed a duplicate `httpx==0.27.0` line.
+
 ## [1.0.1] — 2026-06-20
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cb64dc5..653c69d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ alembic==1.13.1
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9  # for alembic sync migrations
 pydantic==2.7.1
 pydantic-settings==2.2.1
+email-validator==2.2.0  # required by pydantic.EmailStr
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
 bcrypt==4.1.2
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ PyYAML==6.0.1
 pytest==8.1.1
 pytest-asyncio==0.23.6
 pytest-cov==5.0.0
-httpx==0.27.0
 anyio==4.3.0
 # lint / types
 ruff==0.4.4