diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index fd12f61a1c..d8cfcc0359 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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-        "cookie": "0.6.0",
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@@ -5204,14 +5212,10 @@
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-      "engines": {
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+      },
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+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/express"
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     "node_modules/express/node_modules/safe-buffer": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-0.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6DnInpx7SJ2AK3+CTUE/ZM0vWTUboZCegxhC2xiIydHR9jNuTAASBrfEpHhiGOZw/nX51bHt6YQl8jsGo4y/0w=="
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.6.tgz",
@@ -15014,16 +15023,16 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-28HqgMZAmih1Czt9ny7qr6ek2qddF4FclbMzwhCREB6OFfH+rXAnuNCwo1/wFvrtbgsQDb4kSbX9de9lFbrXnA==",
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-        "cookie": "0.7.0",
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diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 9ac2de0280..a56ca31360 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
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     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "express": "^4.21.0",
+    "express": "^4.21.2",
     "https": "^1.0.0",
     "jose": "^5.2.4",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
@@ -39,11 +39,5 @@
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-  },
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-      "cookie": "0.7.0"
-    }
   }
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