diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index cb1564af1..134eca391 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "apollo-client": "~2.6.4",
     "apollo-link-context": "~1.0.19",
     "apollo-link-http": "~1.5.16",
-    "apollo-server": "~2.9.7",
+    "apollo-server": "~2.9.9",
     "apollo-server-express": "^2.9.7",
     "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.23.0",
     "bcryptjs": "~2.4.3",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index e92d03a85..01c0aaf04 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -1804,10 +1804,10 @@ apollo-server-errors@^2.3.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-server-errors/-/apollo-server-errors-2.3.4.tgz#b70ef01322f616cbcd876f3e0168a1a86b82db34"
   integrity sha512-Y0PKQvkrb2Kd18d1NPlHdSqmlr8TgqJ7JQcNIfhNDgdb45CnqZlxL1abuIRhr8tiw8OhVOcFxz2KyglBi8TKdA==
 
-apollo-server-express@^2.9.7:
-  version "2.9.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-server-express/-/apollo-server-express-2.9.7.tgz#54fbaf93b68f0123ecb1dead26cbfda5b15bd10e"
-  integrity sha512-+DuJk1oq34Zx0bLYzgBgJH/eXS0JNxw2JycHQvV0+PAQ0Qi01oomJRA2r1S5isnfnSAnHb2E9jyBTptoHdw3MQ==
+apollo-server-express@^2.9.7, apollo-server-express@^2.9.9:
+  version "2.9.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-server-express/-/apollo-server-express-2.9.9.tgz#2a379217d7a7be012f0329be8bf89a63e181d42e"
+  integrity sha512-qltC3ttGz8zvrut7HzrcqKOUg0vHpvVyYeeOy8jvghZpqXyWFuJhnw6uxAFcKNKCPl3mJ1psji83P1Um2ceJgg==
   dependencies:
     "@apollographql/graphql-playground-html" "1.6.24"
     "@types/accepts" "^1.3.5"
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ apollo-server-express@^2.9.7:
     "@types/cors" "^2.8.4"
     "@types/express" "4.17.1"
     accepts "^1.3.5"
-    apollo-server-core "^2.9.7"
+    apollo-server-core "^2.9.9"
     apollo-server-types "^0.2.5"
     body-parser "^1.18.3"
     cors "^2.8.4"
@@ -1849,13 +1849,13 @@ apollo-server-types@^0.2.5:
     apollo-server-caching "^0.5.0"
     apollo-server-env "^2.4.3"
 
-apollo-server@~2.9.7:
-  version "2.9.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-server/-/apollo-server-2.9.7.tgz#aab337b75c04ddea0fa9b171b30c4e91932c04d8"
-  integrity sha512-maGGCsK4Ft5ucox5ZJf6oaKhgPvzHY3jXWbA1F/mn0/EYX8e1RVO3Qtj8aQQ0/vCKx8r4vYgj+ctqBVaN/nr4A==
+apollo-server@~2.9.9:
+  version "2.9.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/apollo-server/-/apollo-server-2.9.9.tgz#f10249fa9884be2a0ad59876e301fdfccb456208"
+  integrity sha512-b4IfGxZDzhOnfaPTinAD0rx8XpgxkVMjNuwooRULOJEeYG8Vd/OiBYSS7LSGy1g3hdiLBgJhMFC0ce7pjdcyFw==
   dependencies:
-    apollo-server-core "^2.9.7"
-    apollo-server-express "^2.9.7"
+    apollo-server-core "^2.9.9"
+    apollo-server-express "^2.9.9"
     express "^4.0.0"
     graphql-subscriptions "^1.0.0"
     graphql-tools "^4.0.0"