diff --git a/backend/auth.py b/backend/auth.py
index 94656ec..b399278 100644
--- a/backend/auth.py
+++ b/backend/auth.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Optional
 from jose import JWTError, jwt
-from passlib.context import CryptContext
+import bcrypt
 from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
 from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get(
 ALGORITHM = "HS256"
 ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES = 60 * 24 * 7  # 7 days
 
-pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
 oauth2_scheme = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="/api/auth/token")
 
 
 def verify_password(plain: str, hashed: str) -> bool:
-    return pwd_context.verify(plain, hashed)
+    return bcrypt.checkpw(plain.encode("utf-8"), hashed.encode("utf-8"))
 
 
 def get_password_hash(password: str) -> str:
-    return pwd_context.hash(password)
+    return bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode("utf-8"), bcrypt.gensalt()).decode("utf-8")
 
 
 def create_access_token(data: dict, expires_delta: Optional[timedelta] = None) -> str: