diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 9c8f2403c..ce3d0b876 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "cheerio": "~1.0.0-rc.3",
     "cors": "~2.8.5",
     "cross-env": "~5.2.1",
-    "date-fns": "2.0.1",
+    "date-fns": "2.1.0",
     "debug": "~4.1.1",
     "dotenv": "~8.1.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index b6f9d363a..654c7953f 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2839,10 +2839,10 @@ data-urls@^1.0.0:
     whatwg-mimetype "^2.2.0"
     whatwg-url "^7.0.0"
 
-date-fns@2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.0.1.tgz#c5f30e31d3294918e6b6a82753a4e719120e203d"
-  integrity sha512-C14oTzTZy8DH1Eq8N78owrCWvf3+cnJw88BTK/N3DYWVxDJuJzPaNdplzYxDYuuXXGvqBcO4Vy5SOrwAooXSWw==
+date-fns@2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.1.0.tgz#0d7e806c3cefe14a943532dbf968995ccfd46bd9"
+  integrity sha512-eKeLk3sLCnxB/0PN4t1+zqDtSs4jb4mXRSTZ2okmx/myfWyDqeO4r5nnmA5LClJiCwpuTMeK2v5UQPuE4uMaxA==
 
 debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.8, debug@^2.6.9:
   version "2.6.9"