diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8c36095..71d31ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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+        "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
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         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.5.tgz",
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+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },
       "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv?sponsor=1"
+        "url": "https://dotenvx.com"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ecdsa-sig-formatter": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0f8624..90fcefe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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     "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
-    "dotenv": "^16.4.0",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
     "mongodb-memory-server": "^9.1.6",