diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index bc7e6bdb5..52112d2f6 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "apollo-link-http": "~1.5.17",
     "apollo-server": "~2.14.2",
     "apollo-server-express": "^2.14.2",
-    "aws-sdk": "^2.1425.0",
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.1594.0",
     "babel-core": "~7.0.0-0",
     "babel-eslint": "~10.1.0",
     "babel-jest": "~29.7.0",
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "neo4j-graphql-js": "^2.11.5",
     "neode": "^0.4.9",
     "node-fetch": "^2.7.0",
-    "nodemailer": "^6.4.4",
+    "nodemailer": "^6.9.13",
     "nodemailer-html-to-text": "^3.2.0",
     "request": "~2.88.2",
     "sanitize-html": "~2.13.0",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 60c474dd9..6257cbf23 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -3620,10 +3620,10 @@ available-typed-arrays@^1.0.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/available-typed-arrays/-/available-typed-arrays-1.0.5.tgz#92f95616501069d07d10edb2fc37d3e1c65123b7"
   integrity sha512-DMD0KiN46eipeziST1LPP/STfDU0sufISXmjSgvVsoU2tqxctQeASejWcfNtxYKqETM1UxQ8sp2OrSBWpHY6sw==
 
-aws-sdk@^2.1425.0:
-  version "2.1425.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sdk/-/aws-sdk-2.1425.0.tgz#2c6d9f295720e16fae9de6131b4d495219944ba5"
-  integrity sha512-DbY5z7E8RsrX8/0pMBKMuh/rWFic3AghtU2AWkUdzxDi0cUSK7rOSPS/OIURU9Rh0jaNXoA0ujBDdx/CC5CvRA==
+aws-sdk@^2.1594.0:
+  version "2.1594.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sdk/-/aws-sdk-2.1594.0.tgz#9da5347b5f164f8197af1287a70c3cec35375042"
+  integrity sha512-ZvJ63Vm/ZuygGuO19n1PjPkyo4OcKQzgK62kAhsp4SUBDMYuemOXHpIH+ORFOjO8Js7exoqHtNS4p9fHt6cW2Q==
   dependencies:
     buffer "4.9.2"
     events "1.1.1"
@@ -3634,7 +3634,7 @@ aws-sdk@^2.1425.0:
     url "0.10.3"
     util "^0.12.4"
     uuid "8.0.0"
-    xml2js "0.5.0"
+    xml2js "0.6.2"
 
 aws-sign2@~0.7.0:
   version "0.7.0"
@@ -8526,10 +8526,10 @@ nodemailer-html-to-text@^3.2.0:
   dependencies:
     html-to-text "7.1.1"
 
-nodemailer@^6.4.4:
-  version "6.4.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.4.5.tgz#45614c6454d1a947242105eeddae03df87e29916"
-  integrity sha512-NH7aNVQyZLAvGr2+EOto7znvz+qJ02Cb/xpou98ApUt5tEAUSVUxhvHvgV/8I5dhjKTYqUw0nasoKzLNBJKrDQ==
+nodemailer@^6.9.13:
+  version "6.9.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.9.13.tgz#5b292bf1e92645f4852ca872c56a6ba6c4a3d3d6"
+  integrity sha512-7o38Yogx6krdoBf3jCAqnIN4oSQFx+fMa0I7dK1D+me9kBxx12D+/33wSb+fhOCtIxvYJ+4x4IMEhmhCKfAiOA==
 
 nodemon@~2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
@@ -11026,10 +11026,10 @@ xml-name-validator@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xml-name-validator/-/xml-name-validator-4.0.0.tgz#79a006e2e63149a8600f15430f0a4725d1524835"
   integrity sha512-ICP2e+jsHvAj2E2lIHxa5tjXRlKDJo4IdvPvCXbXQGdzSfmSpNVyIKMvoZHjDY9DP0zV17iI85o90vRFXNccRw==
 
-xml2js@0.5.0:
-  version "0.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xml2js/-/xml2js-0.5.0.tgz#d9440631fbb2ed800203fad106f2724f62c493b7"
-  integrity sha512-drPFnkQJik/O+uPKpqSgr22mpuFHqKdbS835iAQrUC73L2F5WkboIRd63ai/2Yg6I1jzifPFKH2NTK+cfglkIA==
+xml2js@0.6.2:
+  version "0.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xml2js/-/xml2js-0.6.2.tgz#dd0b630083aa09c161e25a4d0901e2b2a929b499"
+  integrity sha512-T4rieHaC1EXcES0Kxxj4JWgaUQHDk+qwHcYOCFHfiwKz7tOVPLq7Hjq9dM1WCMhylqMEfP7hMcOIChvotiZegA==
   dependencies:
     sax ">=0.6.0"
     xmlbuilder "~11.0.0"