diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 91063443..8d2e7685 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint lib/**/*.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bcrypt": "3.0.8",
+    "bcrypt": "5.0.0",
     "body-parser": "1.19.0",
     "bson": "4.6.0",
     "bunyan": "1.8.15",