diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index ba598df4e..5eebe2813 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "slug": "~1.1.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.3.3",
-    "validator": "^12.0.0",
+    "validator": "^12.1.0",
     "wait-on": "~3.3.0",
     "xregexp": "^4.2.4"
   },
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 33a223eab..ce7fa2634 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -8538,10 +8538,10 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
-validator@^12.0.0:
-  version "12.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-12.0.0.tgz#fb33221f5320abe2422cda2f517dc3838064e813"
-  integrity sha512-r5zA1cQBEOgYlesRmSEwc9LkbfNLTtji+vWyaHzRZUxCTHdsX3bd+sdHfs5tGZ2W6ILGGsxWxCNwT/h3IY/3ng==
+validator@^12.1.0:
+  version "12.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-12.1.0.tgz#a3a7315d5238cbc15e46ad8d5e479aafa7119925"
+  integrity sha512-gIC2RBuFRi574Rb9vewGCJ7TCLxHXNx6EKthEgs+Iz0pYa9a9Te1VLG/bGLsAyGWrqR5FfR7tbFUI7FEF2LiGA==
 
 vary@^1, vary@~1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"