diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c5a97b..01b56b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "xml2js": "^0.4.19"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "dotenv": "^5.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^8.1.0",
     "eslint": "^4.16.0",
     "eslint-config-hapi": "^11.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-hapi": "^4.1.0",