diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 512ea7d5..67ac8810 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "dependencies": {
         "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
-        "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
+        "dotenv": "^17.2.2",
         "dotenv-expand": "^8.0.3",
         "express": "^4.18.1",
         "minecraft-protocol": "^1.35.0",
@@ -655,11 +655,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
-      "version": "16.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1K6hR6wtk2FviQ4kEiSjFiH5rpzEVi8WW0x96aztHVMhEspNpc4DVOUTEHtEva5VThQ8IaBX1Pe4gSzpVVUsKQ==",
+      "version": "17.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Sf2LSQP+bOlhKWWyhFsn0UsfdK/kCWRv1iuA2gXAwt3dyNabr6QSj00I2V10pidqz69soatm9ZwZvpQMTIOd5Q==",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://dotenvx.com"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv-expand": {
@@ -2854,9 +2857,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-463v3ZeIrcWtdgIg6vI6XUncguvr2TnGl4SzDXinkt9mSLpBJKXT3mW6xT3VQdDN11+WVs29pgvivTc4Lp8v+w=="
     },
     "dotenv": {
-      "version": "16.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1K6hR6wtk2FviQ4kEiSjFiH5rpzEVi8WW0x96aztHVMhEspNpc4DVOUTEHtEva5VThQ8IaBX1Pe4gSzpVVUsKQ=="
+      "version": "17.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Sf2LSQP+bOlhKWWyhFsn0UsfdK/kCWRv1iuA2gXAwt3dyNabr6QSj00I2V10pidqz69soatm9ZwZvpQMTIOd5Q=="
     },
     "dotenv-expand": {
       "version": "8.0.3",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 1b791f64..8422f678 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
-    "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.2",
     "dotenv-expand": "^8.0.3",
     "express": "^4.18.1",
     "minecraft-protocol": "^1.35.0",