diff --git a/sites/backend/package.json b/sites/backend/package.json
index ea4ead5d7f8..612412f9bdb 100644
--- a/sites/backend/package.json
+++ b/sites/backend/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "@prisma/client": "5.9.1",
     "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
     "cors": "2.8.5",
-    "dotenv": "16.4.4",
+    "dotenv": "16.4.5",
     "express": "4.18.2",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
     "lodash.get": "4.4.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 58597d1693a..7e2988947f2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5045,10 +5045,10 @@ dotenv-expand@~10.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv-expand/-/dotenv-expand-10.0.0.tgz#12605d00fb0af6d0a592e6558585784032e4ef37"
   integrity sha512-GopVGCpVS1UKH75VKHGuQFqS1Gusej0z4FyQkPdwjil2gNIv+LNsqBlboOzpJFZKVT95GkCyWJbBSdFEFUWI2A==
 
-dotenv@16.4.4:
-  version "16.4.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.4.tgz#a26e7bb95ebd36272ebb56edb80b826aecf224c1"
-  integrity sha512-XvPXc8XAQThSjAbY6cQ/9PcBXmFoWuw1sQ3b8HqUCR6ziGXjkTi//kB9SWa2UwqlgdAIuRqAa/9hVljzPehbYg==
+dotenv@16.4.5:
+  version "16.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.5.tgz#cdd3b3b604cb327e286b4762e13502f717cb099f"
+  integrity sha512-ZmdL2rui+eB2YwhsWzjInR8LldtZHGDoQ1ugH85ppHKwpUHL7j7rN0Ti9NCnGiQbhaZ11FpR+7ao1dNsmduNUg==
 
 dotenv@~16.3.1:
   version "16.3.2"