diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df90d6dfb..bef857727 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "cachetools",
     "filelock",
     "markdown",
+    "pydantic",
+    "pydantic-settings",
     "pygments",
     "pymdown-extensions",
     "humanize",
diff --git a/solara/server/settings.py b/solara/server/settings.py
index 7a970df0d..fa5ab5f41 100644
--- a/solara/server/settings.py
+++ b/solara/server/settings.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
-import pydantic
+import pydantic_settings
 from filelock import FileLock
 
 from .. import (  # noqa  # sidefx is that this module creates the ~/.solara directory
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ThemeVariant(str, Enum):
     auto = "auto"
 
 
-class ThemeSettings(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class ThemeSettings(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     variant: ThemeVariant = ThemeVariant.light
     variant_user_selectable: bool = True
     loader: str = "solara"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Config:
         env_file = ".env"
 
 
-class SSG(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class SSG(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     # the first app create will initialize this if it is not set
     build_path: Optional[Path] = None
     enabled: bool = False
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ class Config:
         env_file = ".env"
 
 
-class Search(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class Search(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     enabled: bool = False
 
 
-class Telemetry(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class Telemetry(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     mixpanel_token: str = "91845eb13a68e3db4e58d64ad23673b7"
     mixpanel_enable: bool = True
     server_user_id: str = "not_set"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Config:
         env_file = ".env"
 
 
-class Assets(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class Assets(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     cdn: str = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/"
     proxy: bool = True
     proxy_cache_dir: Path = Path(prefix + "/share/solara/cdn/")
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Config:
 OAUTH_TEST_CLIENT_IDs = [AUTH0_TEST_CLIENT_ID, FIEF_TEST_CLIENT_ID]
 
 
-class Session(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class Session(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     secret_key: str = SESSION_SECRET_KEY_DEFAULT
     https_only: Optional[bool] = None
     same_site: str = "lax"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Config:
         env_file = ".env"
 
 
-class OAuth(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class OAuth(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     private: bool = False
 
     client_id: str = AUTH0_TEST_CLIENT_ID
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Config:
         env_file = ".env"
 
 
-class MainSettings(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class MainSettings(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     use_pdb: bool = False
     mode: str = "production"
     tracer: bool = False
diff --git a/solara/settings.py b/solara/settings.py
index 7bb46ae37..0d4455268 100644
--- a/solara/settings.py
+++ b/solara/settings.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 import pydantic
+import pydantic_settings
 from pydantic import Field
 
 from .util import get_solara_home
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
     home.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 
-class Cache(pydantic.BaseSettings):
+class Cache(pydantic_settings.BaseSettings):
     type: str = pydantic.Field("memory", env="SOLARA_CACHE", title="Type of cache, e.g. 'memory', 'disk', 'redis', or a multilevel cache, e.g. 'memory,disk'")
     disk_max_size: str = Field("10GB", title="Maximum size for'disk' cache , e.g. 10GB, 500MB")
     memory_max_size: str = Field("1GB", title="Maximum size for 'memory-size' cache, e.g. 10GB, 500MB")