diff --git a/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 64117c65d55..3d57d1af6c2 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
+orjson==3.10.10
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
 pydantic==2.9.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
+    #   pydantic-extra-types
     #   pydantic-settings
 pydantic-core==2.23.4
     # via pydantic
+pydantic-extra-types==2.9.0
+    # via -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
 pydantic-settings==2.5.2
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 pygments==2.18.0
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/tests/test__pydantic_settings.py b/packages/settings-library/tests/test__pydantic_settings.py
index 2d52c1096e7..976395b1b10 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/tests/test__pydantic_settings.py
+++ b/packages/settings-library/tests/test__pydantic_settings.py
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ def test_construct(monkeypatch):
     # from __init__
     settings_from_init = Settings(
         VALUE=1,
-        VALUE_ALSO_REQUIRED=10,
         VALUE_NULLABLE_REQUIRED=None,
+        VALUE_NULLABLE_REQUIRED_AS_WELL=None,
+        VALUE_REQUIRED_AS_WELL=32,
     )
 
     print(settings_from_init.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True, indent=1))
@@ -145,6 +146,8 @@ def test_construct(monkeypatch):
             "VALUE": "1",
             "VALUE_ALSO_REQUIRED": "10",
             "VALUE_NULLABLE_REQUIRED": "null",
+            "VALUE_NULLABLE_REQUIRED_AS_WELL": "null",
+            "VALUE_REQUIRED_AS_WELL": "32",
         },
     )  # WARNING: set this env to None would not work w/o ``parse_none`` validator! bug???