diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 22e3f19f6..a48814ef4 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": "4.1.0",
     "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..798c76fcd 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/factories.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/factories.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
-import faker from 'faker'
+import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
 import slugify from 'slug'
 import { hashSync } from 'bcryptjs'
 import { Factory } from 'rosie'
diff --git a/backend/src/db/seed.js b/backend/src/db/seed.js
index 7d9b5e954..c310320c1 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/seed.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/seed.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import faker from 'faker'
+import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
 import sample from 'lodash/sample'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
 import createServer from '../server'
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 80e0920b7..a151af30b 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
     exec-sh "^0.3.2"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
 
-"@faker-js/faker@^4.1.0":
+"@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==