diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index a48814ef4..920c89e01 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     "xregexp": "^4.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@faker-js/faker": "4.1.0",
+    "@faker-js/faker": "^5.1.0",
     "apollo-server-testing": "~2.11.0",
     "chai": "~4.2.0",
     "cucumber": "~6.0.5",
diff --git a/backend/src/db/factories.js b/backend/src/db/factories.js
index 6173238ae..153a915b6 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/factories.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/factories.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
-import faker from 'faker'
+// Wolle import faker from 'faker'
+const faker = require('@faker-js/faker')
 import slugify from 'slug'
 import { hashSync } from 'bcryptjs'
 import { Factory } from 'rosie'
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index a151af30b..afe3ef50d 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -963,10 +963,10 @@
     exec-sh "^0.3.2"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
 
-"@faker-js/faker@4.1.0":
-  version "4.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@faker-js/faker/-/faker-4.1.0.tgz#53f965b60ec929c8ae5e3c1977bfc00d0f7b7295"
-  integrity sha512-PhF1yIVv8wupIFPSlL4gPz0z4RbOD9MLQHEMw5xoMrQ1J4rj76eivi0PwmW0K/puRPpHLE4gnrJ7AlTkgORhQA==
+"@faker-js/faker@^5.1.0":
+  version "5.5.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@faker-js/faker/-/faker-5.5.3.tgz#18e3af6b8eae7984072bbeb0c0858474d7c4cefe"
+  integrity sha512-R11tGE6yIFwqpaIqcfkcg7AICXzFg14+5h5v0TfF/9+RMDL6jhzCy/pxHVOfbALGdtVYdt6JdR21tuxEgl34dw==
 
 "@graphql-toolkit/common@0.10.4":
   version "0.10.4"