Fix dependency conflict with starlette

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Expected Behavior

no conflict during install

Current Behavior

INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of fastapi to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while.
ERROR: Cannot install -r requirements.txt (line 14) and starlette==0.40.0 because these package versions have conflicting dependencies.

The conflict is caused by:
    The user requested starlette==0.40.0
    fastapi 0.110.1 depends on starlette<0.38.0 and >=0.37.2

To fix this you could try to:
1. loosen the range of package versions you've specified
2. remove package versions to allow pip to attempt to solve the dependency conflict

ERROR: ResolutionImpossible: for help visit https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/topics/dependency-resolution/#dealing-with-dependency-conflicts
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

see: https://github.com/neurobagel/federation-api/actions/runs/14604877039/job/40971562246?pr=173

Error message

see #173

we already refused the bump in #144 but somehow it has made a comeback

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