diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ba73fc..b17fa54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ Available settings in `config.py`:
 5. Use a production WSGI server (e.g., gunicorn):
 
 ```bash
-uv add gunicorn
 uv run gunicorn -w 4 -b 0.0.0.0:5000 app:app
 ```
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f26bc42..8ef1d2c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "bcrypt>=5.0.0",
     "flask>=3.1.3",
+    "gunicorn>=26.0.0",
 ]