diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bea32883..4d036916 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
     "core-js": "^3.12.0",
-    "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-session": "^1.17.2",
     "http-errors": "^1.8.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 74d2cebb..ff0dda97 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1796,10 +1796,10 @@ domexception@^2.0.1:
   dependencies:
     webidl-conversions "^5.0.0"
 
-dotenv@^10.0.0:
-  version "10.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-10.0.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-rlBi9d8jpv9Sf1klPjNfFAuWDjKLwTIJJ/VxtoTwIR6hnZxcEOQCZg2oIL3MWBYw5GpUDKOEnND7LXTbIpQ03Q==
+dotenv@^16.0.0:
+  version "16.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.3.tgz#115aec42bac5053db3c456db30cc243a5a836a07"
+  integrity sha512-7GO6HghkA5fYG9TYnNxi14/7K9f5occMlp3zXAuSxn7CKCxt9xbNWG7yF8hTCSUchlfWSe3uLmlPfigevRItzQ==
 
 dotenv@^8.2.0:
   version "8.6.0"