diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 00aab34747b..704c0937889 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "mongoose": "^5.12.13",
     "mongoose-bcrypt": "^1.8.1",
     "mongoose-encryption": "^2.1.0",
-    "nodemailer": "4.6.8",
+    "nodemailer": "6.6.1",
     "passport": "0.4.0",
     "passport-jwt": "4.0.0",
     "query-string": "6.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d238558a304..eb753ece188 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -20745,10 +20745,10 @@ nodemailer-shared@1.1.0:
   dependencies:
     nodemailer-fetch "1.6.0"
 
-nodemailer@4.6.8:
-  version "4.6.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-4.6.8.tgz#f82fb407828bf2e76d92acc34b823d83e774f89c"
-  integrity sha512-A3s7EM/426OBIZbLHXq2KkgvmKbn2Xga4m4G+ZUA4IaZvG8PcZXrFh+2E4VaS2o+emhuUVRnzKN2YmpkXQ9qwA==
+nodemailer@6.6.1:
+  version "6.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.6.1.tgz#2a05fbf205b897d71bf43884167b5d4d3bd01b99"
+  integrity sha512-1xzFN3gqv+/qJ6YRyxBxfTYstLNt0FCtZaFRvf4Sg9wxNGWbwFmGXVpfSi6ThGK6aRxAo+KjHtYSW8NvCsNSAg==
 
 nodemon@1.18.6:
   version "1.18.6"