diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index a7e35917e..05ced1c84 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "bcryptjs": "~2.4.3",
     "cheerio": "~1.0.0-rc.3",
     "cors": "~2.8.5",
-    "cross-env": "~5.2.1",
+    "cross-env": "~6.0.0",
     "date-fns": "2.2.1",
     "debug": "~4.1.1",
     "dotenv": "~8.1.0",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 3cf80a94d..6cba869d7 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2708,12 +2708,12 @@ create-error-class@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     capture-stack-trace "^1.0.0"
 
-cross-env@~5.2.1:
-  version "5.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-env/-/cross-env-5.2.1.tgz#b2c76c1ca7add66dc874d11798466094f551b34d"
-  integrity sha512-1yHhtcfAd1r4nwQgknowuUNfIT9E8dOMMspC36g45dN+iD1blloi7xp8X/xAIDnjHWyt1uQ8PHk2fkNaym7soQ==
+cross-env@~6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-env/-/cross-env-6.0.0.tgz#3c8e71440ea20aa6faaf5aec541235efc565dac6"
+  integrity sha512-G/B6gtkjgthT8AP/xN1wdj5Xe18fVyk58JepK8GxpUbqcz3hyWxegocMbvnZK+KoTslwd0ACZ3woi/DVUdVjyQ==
   dependencies:
-    cross-spawn "^6.0.5"
+    cross-spawn "^7.0.0"
 
 cross-fetch@2.2.2:
   version "2.2.2"
@@ -2751,6 +2751,15 @@ cross-spawn@^6.0.0, cross-spawn@^6.0.5:
     shebang-command "^1.2.0"
     which "^1.2.9"
 
+cross-spawn@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.0.tgz#21ef9470443262f33dba80b2705a91db959b2e03"
+  integrity sha512-6U/8SMK2FBNnB21oQ4+6Nsodxanw1gTkntYA2zBdkFYFu3ZDx65P2ONEXGSvob/QS6REjVHQ9zxzdOafwFdstw==
+  dependencies:
+    path-key "^3.1.0"
+    shebang-command "^1.2.0"
+    which "^1.2.9"
+
 crypto-random-string@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypto-random-string/-/crypto-random-string-1.0.0.tgz#a230f64f568310e1498009940790ec99545bca7e"
@@ -6808,6 +6817,11 @@ path-key@^2.0.0, path-key@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-key/-/path-key-2.0.1.tgz#411cadb574c5a140d3a4b1910d40d80cc9f40b40"
   integrity sha1-QRyttXTFoUDTpLGRDUDYDMn0C0A=
 
+path-key@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-key/-/path-key-3.1.0.tgz#99a10d870a803bdd5ee6f0470e58dfcd2f9a54d3"
+  integrity sha512-8cChqz0RP6SHJkMt48FW0A7+qUOn+OsnOsVtzI59tZ8m+5bCSk7hzwET0pulwOM2YMn9J1efb07KB9l9f30SGg==
+
 path-parse@^1.0.6:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-parse/-/path-parse-1.0.6.tgz#d62dbb5679405d72c4737ec58600e9ddcf06d24c"