diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index e832ed3d1..cff09f064 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "cheerio": "~1.0.0-rc.3",
     "cors": "~2.8.5",
     "cross-env": "~6.0.3",
-    "date-fns": "2.7.0",
+    "date-fns": "2.8.1",
     "debug": "~4.1.1",
     "dotenv": "~8.2.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 20910ae22..7904e1080 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2940,10 +2940,10 @@ data-urls@^1.0.0:
     whatwg-mimetype "^2.2.0"
     whatwg-url "^7.0.0"
 
-date-fns@2.7.0:
-  version "2.7.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.7.0.tgz#8271d943cc4636a1f27698f1b8d6a9f1ceb74026"
-  integrity sha512-wxYp2PGoUDN5ZEACc61aOtYFvSsJUylIvCjpjDOqM1UDaKIIuMJ9fAnMYFHV3TQaDpfTVxhwNK/GiCaHKuemTA==
+date-fns@2.8.1:
+  version "2.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.8.1.tgz#2109362ccb6c87c3ca011e9e31f702bc09e4123b"
+  integrity sha512-EL/C8IHvYRwAHYgFRse4MGAPSqlJVlOrhVYZ75iQBKrnv+ZedmYsgwH3t+BCDuZDXpoo07+q9j4qgSSOa7irJg==
 
 debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.8, debug@^2.6.9:
   version "2.6.9"