diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index f022c44ee..b279b5e1a 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "npm-run-all": "~4.1.5",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
     "sanitize-html": "~1.20.0",
-    "slug": "~1.0.0",
+    "slug": "~1.1.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.3.2",
     "wait-on": "~3.2.0"
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index e26c65669..0a05563e9 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -7017,10 +7017,10 @@ slice-ansi@^2.1.0:
     astral-regex "^1.0.0"
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
 
-slug@~1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-1.0.0.tgz#503be07b150226a42abf7a9c52d345e6b163fea8"
-  integrity sha512-m3uDtlWbJmYiwxVU1+jIvYEgfYmvtjWE/KtM6IfNzuRyHv+9RMukxMVph1ra+/499fVOKgTcK/8s2gLrYoP+BA==
+slug@~1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-1.1.0.tgz#73eef5710416f515077bdf70c683bde4915913c9"
+  integrity sha512-NuIOjDQeTMPm+/AUIHJ5636mF3jOsYLFnoEErl9Tdpt4kpt4fOrAJxscH9mUgX1LtPaEqgPCawBg7A4yhoSWRg==
   dependencies:
     unicode ">= 0.3.1"