diff --git a/workers/asr-worker/pyproject.toml b/workers/asr-worker/pyproject.toml
index d489c7e6..ac5b4674 100644
--- a/workers/asr-worker/pyproject.toml
+++ b/workers/asr-worker/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11.0, <3.13"
 dependencies = [
   "datashare-python~=0.11.1",
-  "caul-core==0.6.1",
+  "caul-core==0.6.2",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ gpu = [
   "torchcodec==0.10.0+cu129; sys_platform == 'linux'",
 ]
 inference = [
-  "caul[nemo,fireredasr2,parakeet-trt]==0.13.2",
+  "caul[nemo,fireredasr2,parakeet-trt]==0.13.3",
   "fireredasr2s",
 ]
 preprocessing = [
-  "caul==0.13.2",
+  "caul==0.13.3",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points."datashare.workflows"]
diff --git a/workers/asr-worker/uv.dist.lock b/workers/asr-worker/uv.dist.lock
index fbd32fb9..8de2b00f 100644
--- a/workers/asr-worker/uv.dist.lock
+++ b/workers/asr-worker/uv.dist.lock
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "0.13.3"
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-    { name = "caul", extras = ["fireredasr2", "nemo", "parakeet-trt"], marker = "extra == 'inference'", specifier = "==0.13.2" },
-    { name = "caul-core", specifier = "==0.6.1" },
+    { name = "caul", marker = "extra == 'preprocessing'", specifier = "==0.13.3" },
+    { name = "caul", extras = ["fireredasr2", "nemo", "parakeet-trt"], marker = "extra == 'inference'", specifier = "==0.13.3" },
+    { name = "caul-core", specifier = "==0.6.2" },
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diff --git a/workers/asr-worker/uv.lock b/workers/asr-worker/uv.lock
index fcd1efb3..04486c6c 100644
--- a/workers/asr-worker/uv.lock
+++ b/workers/asr-worker/uv.lock
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