diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 8fc65e36c..3d78b8622 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": "2.1.0",
+    "date-fns": "2.2.1",
     "debug": "~4.1.1",
     "dotenv": "~8.1.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index a16c33e88..5b292d531 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2859,10 +2859,10 @@ data-urls@^1.0.0:
     whatwg-mimetype "^2.2.0"
     whatwg-url "^7.0.0"
 
-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==
+date-fns@2.2.1:
+  version "2.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.2.1.tgz#b3f79cf56760af106050c686f4c72586a3383ee9"
+  integrity sha512-4V1i5CnTinjBvJpXTq7sDHD4NY6JPcl15112IeSNNLUWQOQ+kIuCvRGOFZMQZNvkadw8F9QTyZxz59rIRU6K+w==
 
 debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.8, debug@^2.6.9:
   version "2.6.9"