diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 32fefe8e..da6462fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/bcryptjs": "2.4.2",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "8.3.3",
-    "dotenv": "6.2.0",
+    "dotenv": "8.0.0",
     "graphql-cli": "2.17.0",
     "graphql-resolver-codegen": "0.3.1",
     "nodemon": "1.19.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 37cf018d..2eb489a9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1515,10 +1515,10 @@ dot-prop@^4.1.0:
   dependencies:
     is-obj "^1.0.0"
 
-dotenv@6.2.0:
-  version "6.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-6.2.0.tgz#941c0410535d942c8becf28d3f357dbd9d476064"
-  integrity sha512-HygQCKUBSFl8wKQZBSemMywRWcEDNidvNbjGVyZu3nbZ8qq9ubiPoGLMdRDpfSrpkkm9BXYFkpKxxFX38o/76w==
+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==
 
 dotenv@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"