diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index d6e4f805d..0c380d660 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "subscriptions-transport-ws": "^0.9.19",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~8.3.2",
-    "validator": "^13.0.0",
+    "validator": "^13.9.0",
     "wait-on": "~4.0.1",
     "xregexp": "^4.3.0"
   },
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 0eb4548ff..fbb356cf2 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -10723,10 +10723,10 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
-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==
+validator@^13.9.0:
+  version "13.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-13.9.0.tgz#33e7b85b604f3bbce9bb1a05d5c3e22e1c2ff855"
+  integrity sha512-B+dGG8U3fdtM0/aNK4/X8CXq/EcxU2WPrPEkJGslb47qyHsxmbggTWK0yEA4qnYVNF+nxNlN88o14hIcPmSIEA==
 
 vary@^1, vary@~1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"