diff --git a/courses/developingapps/nodejs/cloudfunctions/start/package.json b/courses/developingapps/nodejs/cloudfunctions/start/package.json
index 58ea0426de..dfee1f032c 100644
--- a/courses/developingapps/nodejs/cloudfunctions/start/package.json
+++ b/courses/developingapps/nodejs/cloudfunctions/start/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "@google-cloud/pubsub": "^0.13.2",
     "@google-cloud/spanner": "^0.7.1",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^1.2.1",
-    "body-parser": "~1.17.1",
+    "body-parser": "~1.19.2",
     "express": "~4.15.2",
     "lodash": "~4.17.4",
     "multer": "^1.3.0",