diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 621b0b3d5..f3e59b82c 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "npm-run-all": "~4.1.5",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
     "sanitize-html": "~1.20.1",
-    "slug": "~2.0.0",
+    "slug": "~2.1.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.3.3",
     "validator": "^12.1.0",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 596ae8dc6..ba89de019 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -7596,10 +7596,10 @@ slice-ansi@^2.1.0:
     astral-regex "^1.0.0"
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
 
-slug@~2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-2.0.0.tgz#842b60f9f827aac045fe5894d8426e9624578f6f"
-  integrity sha512-nsPIR74De90eXwy6vgO23P92YtpddZZ/AjCHWx9+65TWsq/174hOSzn2Q1RL9bG2aYuxwyNZbHp/IbUhLUwUtw==
+slug@~2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-2.1.0.tgz#293f8d53de7e55c15871846fd1bc36114841a8c7"
+  integrity sha512-Q4foEgcE7E8UB/BFg4kEzFUICoppzsbbfRjrdKiOM4Z4EFZF5tdn6amkgeaGur3kI4lMWP2BoMv7XJcKZvLg9Q==
   dependencies:
     unicode ">= 0.3.1"