diff --git a/react-express-mongodb/backend/package-lock.json b/react-express-mongodb/backend/package-lock.json
index 2c8a1a4..1a3082e 100644
--- a/react-express-mongodb/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/react-express-mongodb/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1600,9 +1600,9 @@
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     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-10.11.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-X/p3UZerAIsbBfN/IwahhYaBbY68EN/UQBWHtsbXGT5bfrH/p4NQzUCG1kF/rtKaNpnJ7jAu6NGTdSNtyNIXMw=="
+      "version": "13.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nYXQLCBkpJ8X6ltALua9dRrZDHVYxjJ1wgskNt1lH9fzGjs3tgojGSCBjmEPwkWS1y29+DrizMTW19Pr9uB2nw=="
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diff --git a/react-express-mongodb/backend/package.json b/react-express-mongodb/backend/package.json
index 99bdf30..f8c2807 100644
--- a/react-express-mongodb/backend/package.json
+++ b/react-express-mongodb/backend/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "mongodb": "^3.0.7",
     "mongoose": "^6.0.9",
     "simple-node-logger": "^18.12.23",
-    "validator": "^10.1.0"
+    "validator": "^13.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "nodemon": "^2.0.3",