diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f6fa2cd..9b573dd 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://homehub:homehub@db:5432/homehub
 UPLOAD_DIR=/uploads
 CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3001,http://localhost:3000
+MCP_API_KEY=
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 253d6cb..4803b6e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ pillow==11.1.0
 python-multipart==0.0.20
 httpx==0.28.0
 arq==0.26.1
-mcp>=1.9
+mcp>=1.9,<2.0
 pytest==8.3.4
 pytest-asyncio==0.24.0