diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f188595..6d3211e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Status of the `main` branch. Changes prior to the next official version change w
     Metals reports, bounded by the new `indexing_timeout`, `indexing_start_grace` and
     `indexing_quiet_period` settings
 
+* Dependencies:
+  - Remove the redundant `dotenv` dependency; the `dotenv` module is provided by `python-dotenv`
+
 # v1.7.0 (2026-08-09)
 
 * General:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 05bebe08..070914bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "pyyaml==6.0.2",
   "ruamel.yaml==0.18.14",
   "jinja2==3.1.6",
-  "dotenv==0.9.9",
   "pathspec==0.12.1",
   "psutil==7.0.0",
   "docstring_parser==0.17.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a223423c..cb77e62c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -608,17 +608,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5b/11/208f72084084d3f6a2ed5ebfdfc846692c3f7ad6dce65e400194924f7eed/domdf_python_tools-3.10.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5e71c1be71bbcc1f881d690c8984b60e64298ec256903b3147f068bc33090c36", size = 126860, upload-time = "2025-02-12T17:34:04.093Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv"
-version = "0.9.9"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-dependencies = [
-    { name = "python-dotenv" },
-]
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b2/b7/545d2c10c1fc15e48653c91efde329a790f2eecfbbf2bd16003b5db2bab0/dotenv-0.9.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:29cf74a087b31dafdb5a446b6d7e11cbce8ed2741540e2339c69fbef92c94ce9", size = 1892, upload-time = "2025-02-19T22:15:01.647Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "execnet"
 version = "2.1.2"
@@ -2791,7 +2780,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
     { name = "cryptography" },
     { name = "docstring-parser" },
-    { name = "dotenv" },
     { name = "filelock" },
     { name = "flask" },
     { name = "jinja2" },
@@ -2861,7 +2849,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "beautifulsoup4", specifier = "==4.14.2" },
     { name = "cryptography", specifier = "==50.0.0" },
     { name = "docstring-parser", specifier = "==0.17.0" },
-    { name = "dotenv", specifier = "==0.9.9" },
     { name = "filelock", specifier = "==3.25.2" },
     { name = "flask", specifier = "==3.1.3" },
     { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = "==1.27.0" },