diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 77417453f..81a09541c 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "subscriptions-transport-ws": "^0.9.16",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~7.0.2",
-    "validator": "^12.2.0",
+    "validator": "^13.0.0",
     "wait-on": "~4.0.1",
     "xregexp": "^4.3.0"
   },
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index a514a60b4..4fb566f15 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -9103,10 +9103,10 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
-validator@^12.2.0:
-  version "12.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-12.2.0.tgz#660d47e96267033fd070096c3b1a6f2db4380a0a"
-  integrity sha512-jJfE/DW6tIK1Ek8nCfNFqt8Wb3nzMoAbocBF6/Icgg1ZFSBpObdnwVY2jQj6qUqzhx5jc71fpvBWyLGO7Xl+nQ==
+validator@^13.0.0:
+  version "13.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-13.0.0.tgz#0fb6c6bb5218ea23d368a8347e6d0f5a70e3bcab"
+  integrity sha512-anYx5fURbgF04lQV18nEQWZ/3wHGnxiKdG4aL8J+jEDsm98n/sU/bey+tYk6tnGJzm7ioh5FoqrAiQ6m03IgaA==
 
 vary@^1, vary@~1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"