diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4dffffb31..b0e3c5483 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "all-contributors-cli": "^5.4.0",
     "babel-jest": "^23.2.0",
-    "dotenv": "^6.1.0",
+    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "enzyme": "^3.5.1",
     "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "^1.4.0",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.2",