diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 2f79f1cc1..f9b5dd2df 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "@babel/node": "~7.8.0",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions": "^7.8.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "~7.8.2",
-    "@babel/register": "~7.7.0",
+    "@babel/register": "~7.8.0",
     "apollo-server-testing": "~2.9.16",
     "babel-core": "~7.0.0-0",
     "babel-eslint": "~10.0.3",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index c2652bca0..d3600e31d 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
     levenary "^1.1.0"
     semver "^5.5.0"
 
-"@babel/register@^7.8.0":
+"@babel/register@^7.8.0", "@babel/register@~7.8.0":
   version "7.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/register/-/register-7.8.0.tgz#a6515b7daab31209c584f2919702b1dcb6264105"
   integrity sha512-i7CPQBzb/uALrZZozm6jXpSoieZvcTSOqonKA9UX4OLEvAYc4Y2VqgW67ZkSz6xfaNP6m1g1oBy0/zMA7YcdJA==
@@ -815,17 +815,6 @@
     pirates "^4.0.0"
     source-map-support "^0.5.16"
 
-"@babel/register@~7.7.0":
-  version "7.7.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/register/-/register-7.7.7.tgz#46910c4d1926b9c6096421b23d1f9e159c1dcee1"
-  integrity sha512-S2mv9a5dc2pcpg/ConlKZx/6wXaEwHeqfo7x/QbXsdCAZm+WJC1ekVvL1TVxNsedTs5y/gG63MhJTEsmwmjtiA==
-  dependencies:
-    find-cache-dir "^2.0.0"
-    lodash "^4.17.13"
-    make-dir "^2.1.0"
-    pirates "^4.0.0"
-    source-map-support "^0.5.16"
-
 "@babel/runtime-corejs2@^7.2.0", "@babel/runtime-corejs2@^7.5.5":
   version "7.5.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime-corejs2/-/runtime-corejs2-7.5.5.tgz#c3214c08ef20341af4187f1c9fbdc357fbec96b2"