diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 8bb46cc70..f1d5f5f2c 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "npm-run-all": "~4.1.5",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
     "sanitize-html": "~1.20.1",
-    "slug": "~1.1.0",
+    "slug": "~2.0.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.3.3",
     "validator": "^12.1.0",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index e94560778..0aa805aed 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -7607,10 +7607,10 @@ slice-ansi@^2.1.0:
     astral-regex "^1.0.0"
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
 
-slug@~1.1.0:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-1.1.0.tgz#73eef5710416f515077bdf70c683bde4915913c9"
-  integrity sha512-NuIOjDQeTMPm+/AUIHJ5636mF3jOsYLFnoEErl9Tdpt4kpt4fOrAJxscH9mUgX1LtPaEqgPCawBg7A4yhoSWRg==
+slug@~2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-2.0.0.tgz#842b60f9f827aac045fe5894d8426e9624578f6f"
+  integrity sha512-nsPIR74De90eXwy6vgO23P92YtpddZZ/AjCHWx9+65TWsq/174hOSzn2Q1RL9bG2aYuxwyNZbHp/IbUhLUwUtw==
   dependencies:
     unicode ">= 0.3.1"