diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce8a6a89b..53bc21004 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@xapp/stentor-dialogflow": "1.18.27",
     "@xapp/stentor-service-user-storage": "1.18.27",
     "aws-sdk": "2.1092.0",
-    "dotenv": "10.0.0"
+    "dotenv": "16.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "tsc -noEmit true -p . ",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bcac9244d..98f265b6c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2233,10 +2233,10 @@ dot-prop@^4.1.0:
   dependencies:
     is-obj "^1.0.0"
 
-dotenv@10.0.0:
-  version "10.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-10.0.0.tgz#3d4227b8fb95f81096cdd2b66653fb2c7085ba81"
-  integrity sha512-rlBi9d8jpv9Sf1klPjNfFAuWDjKLwTIJJ/VxtoTwIR6hnZxcEOQCZg2oIL3MWBYw5GpUDKOEnND7LXTbIpQ03Q==
+dotenv@16.0.0:
+  version "16.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.0.tgz#c619001253be89ebb638d027b609c75c26e47411"
+  integrity sha512-qD9WU0MPM4SWLPJy/r2Be+2WgQj8plChsyrCNQzW/0WjvcJQiKQJ9mH3ZgB3fxbUUxgc/11ZJ0Fi5KiimWGz2Q==
 
 dotenv@8.2.0, dotenv@^8.2.0:
   version "8.2.0"