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From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:44:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update scipy requirement from >=1.15.3 to >=1.18.0

Updates the requirements on [scipy](https://github.com/scipy/scipy) to permit the latest version.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/scipy/scipy/compare/v1.15.3...v1.18.0)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: scipy
  dependency-version: 1.18.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
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 requirements.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f37aede..645df10 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pandas>=3.0.3          # DataFrames, CSV loading, crosstabs
 scikit-learn>=1.9.0    # RandomForestClassifier, train/test split, metrics
 
 # ── Statistical testing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
-scipy>=1.15.3          # chi2_contingency for proxy variable detection
+scipy>=1.18.0          # chi2_contingency for proxy variable detection
 
 # ── Explainability ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 shap>=0.52.0           # SHAP values — feature attribution & bias auditing