diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17482fdc..d9fc3926 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "country-list": "https://github.com/mbale/country-list/archive/ce7f1f3a66a6b4e56879dad5f45886c71174ae30.tar.gz",
     "csv-stringify": "^5.3.0",
     "del": "^3.0.0",
-    "dotenv": "^4.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^8.0.0",
     "ejs": "^2.6.1",
     "express": "^4.17.0",
     "express-session": "^1.16.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0ac69e1b..d6b46d78 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2859,10 +2859,10 @@ dot-prop@^4.1.0:
   dependencies:
     is-obj "^1.0.0"
 
-dotenv@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-4.0.0.tgz#864ef1379aced55ce6f95debecdce179f7a0cd1d"
-  integrity sha1-hk7xN5rO1Vzm+V3r7NzhefegzR0=
+dotenv@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.0.0.tgz#ed310c165b4e8a97bb745b0a9d99c31bda566440"
+  integrity sha512-30xVGqjLjiUOArT4+M5q9sYdvuR4riM6yK9wMcas9Vbp6zZa+ocC9dp6QoftuhTPhFAiLK/0C5Ni2nou/Bk8lg==
 
 dottie@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"