diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 41b6cc98..2bfc0e2a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
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         "@angular/cdk": "^18.2.12",
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
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         "d3": "^7.8.4",
         "document-register-element": "^1.14.10",
+        "express": "^4.21.2",
         "ngx-json-viewer": "^3.2.1",
         "rxjs": "~7.8.1",
         "sass": "^1.77.6",
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@
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       },
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-        "express": "^4.17.1",
+        "express": "^4.21.2",
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         "serve-static": "^1.14.1"
       }
@@ -7653,7 +7655,9 @@
       "license": "Apache-2.0"
     },
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+      "version": "4.21.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-28HqgMZAmih1Czt9ny7qr6ek2qddF4FclbMzwhCREB6OFfH+rXAnuNCwo1/wFvrtbgsQDb4kSbX9de9lFbrXnA==",
       "devOptional": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -7676,7 +7680,7 @@
         "methods": "~1.1.2",
         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
         "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.10",
+        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.12",
         "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
         "qs": "6.13.0",
         "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
@@ -7691,6 +7695,10 @@
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.10.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/express"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/express/node_modules/debug": {
@@ -11542,7 +11550,9 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/path-to-regexp": {
-      "version": "0.1.10",
+      "version": "0.1.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RA1GjUVMnvYFxuqovrEqZoxxW5NUZqbwKtYz/Tt7nXerk0LbLblQmrsgdeOxV5SFHf0UDggjS/bSeOZwt1pmEQ==",
       "devOptional": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9abf61c..7fc1d77a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     "wait-on": "^7.2.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "express": "^4.21.2",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.1",
     "serve-static": "^1.14.1"
   }