diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index cf7b8686a..e5e57f5e6 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "@babel/node": "~7.2.2",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions": "^7.2.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "~7.3.4",
-    "@babel/register": "~7.0.0",
+    "@babel/register": "~7.4.0",
     "apollo-server-testing": "~2.4.8",
     "babel-core": "~7.0.0-0",
     "babel-eslint": "~10.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index ac19e1bec..9a1f78b63 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -676,15 +676,14 @@
     js-levenshtein "^1.1.3"
     semver "^5.3.0"
 
-"@babel/register@^7.0.0", "@babel/register@~7.0.0":
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/register/-/register-7.0.0.tgz#fa634bae1bfa429f60615b754fc1f1d745edd827"
-  integrity sha512-f/+CRmaCe7rVEvcvPvxeA8j5aJhHC3aJie7YuqcMDhUOuyWLA7J/aNrTaHIzoWPEhpHA54mec4Mm8fv8KBlv3g==
+"@babel/register@^7.0.0", "@babel/register@~7.4.0":
+  version "7.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/register/-/register-7.4.0.tgz#d9d0a621db268fb14200f2685a4f8924c822404c"
+  integrity sha512-ekziebXBnS/7V6xk8sBfLSSD6YZuy6P29igBtR6OL/tswKdxOV+Yqq0nzICMguVYtGRZYUCGpfGV8J9Za2iBdw==
   dependencies:
-    core-js "^2.5.7"
-    find-cache-dir "^1.0.0"
-    home-or-tmp "^3.0.0"
-    lodash "^4.17.10"
+    core-js "^3.0.0"
+    find-cache-dir "^2.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.11"
     mkdirp "^0.5.1"
     pirates "^4.0.0"
     source-map-support "^0.5.9"
@@ -2399,20 +2398,16 @@ core-js@3.0.0-beta.13:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-3.0.0-beta.13.tgz#7732c69be5e4758887917235fe7c0352c4cb42a1"
   integrity sha512-16Q43c/3LT9NyePUJKL8nRIQgYWjcBhjJSMWg96PVSxoS0PeE0NHitPI3opBrs9MGGHjte1KoEVr9W63YKlTXQ==
 
-core-js@^2.4.0:
-  version "2.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-2.6.0.tgz#1e30793e9ee5782b307e37ffa22da0eacddd84d4"
-  integrity sha512-kLRC6ncVpuEW/1kwrOXYX6KQASCVtrh1gQr/UiaVgFlf9WE5Vp+lNe5+h3LuMr5PAucWnnEXwH0nQHRH/gpGtw==
-
-core-js@^2.5.3:
-  version "2.5.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-2.5.7.tgz#f972608ff0cead68b841a16a932d0b183791814e"
-
-core-js@^2.5.7:
+core-js@^2.4.0, core-js@^2.5.3, core-js@^2.5.7:
   version "2.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-2.6.2.tgz#267988d7268323b349e20b4588211655f0e83944"
   integrity sha512-NdBPF/RVwPW6jr0NCILuyN9RiqLo2b1mddWHkUL+VnvcB7dzlnBJ1bXYntjpTGOgkZiiLWj2JxmOr7eGE3qK6g==
 
+core-js@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-3.0.0.tgz#a8dbfa978d29bfc263bfb66c556d0ca924c28957"
+  integrity sha512-WBmxlgH2122EzEJ6GH8o9L/FeoUKxxxZ6q6VUxoTlsE4EvbTWKJb447eyVxTEuq0LpXjlq/kCB2qgBvsYRkLvQ==
+
 core-util-is@1.0.2, core-util-is@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-util-is/-/core-util-is-1.0.2.tgz#b5fd54220aa2bc5ab57aab7140c940754503c1a7"
@@ -3440,15 +3435,6 @@ finalhandler@1.1.1:
     statuses "~1.4.0"
     unpipe "~1.0.0"
 
-find-cache-dir@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-cache-dir/-/find-cache-dir-1.0.0.tgz#9288e3e9e3cc3748717d39eade17cf71fc30ee6f"
-  integrity sha1-kojj6ePMN0hxfTnq3hfPcfww7m8=
-  dependencies:
-    commondir "^1.0.1"
-    make-dir "^1.0.0"
-    pkg-dir "^2.0.0"
-
 find-cache-dir@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-cache-dir/-/find-cache-dir-2.0.0.tgz#4c1faed59f45184530fb9d7fa123a4d04a98472d"
@@ -4025,11 +4011,6 @@ hoek@6.x.x:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoek/-/hoek-6.1.2.tgz#99e6d070561839de74ee427b61aa476bd6bddfd6"
   integrity sha512-6qhh/wahGYZHFSFw12tBbJw5fsAhhwrrG/y3Cs0YMTv2WzMnL0oLPnQJjv1QJvEfylRSOFuP+xCu+tdx0tD16Q==
 
-home-or-tmp@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/home-or-tmp/-/home-or-tmp-3.0.0.tgz#57a8fe24cf33cdd524860a15821ddc25c86671fb"
-  integrity sha1-V6j+JM8zzdUkhgoVgh3cJchmcfs=
-
 homedir-polyfill@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/homedir-polyfill/-/homedir-polyfill-1.0.1.tgz#4c2bbc8a758998feebf5ed68580f76d46768b4bc"
@@ -6248,14 +6229,7 @@ pify@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-3.0.0.tgz#e5a4acd2c101fdf3d9a4d07f0dbc4db49dd28176"
   integrity sha1-5aSs0sEB/fPZpNB/DbxNtJ3SgXY=
 
-pirates@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pirates/-/pirates-4.0.0.tgz#850b18781b4ac6ec58a43c9ed9ec5fe6796addbd"
-  integrity sha512-8t5BsXy1LUIjn3WWOlOuFDuKswhQb/tkak641lvBgmPOBUQHXveORtlMCp6OdPV1dtuTaEahKA8VNz6uLfKBtA==
-  dependencies:
-    node-modules-regexp "^1.0.0"
-
-pirates@^4.0.1:
+pirates@^4.0.0, pirates@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pirates/-/pirates-4.0.1.tgz#643a92caf894566f91b2b986d2c66950a8e2fb87"
   integrity sha512-WuNqLTbMI3tmfef2TKxlQmAiLHKtFhlsCZnPIpuv2Ow0RDVO8lfy1Opf4NUzlMXLjPl+Men7AuVdX6TA+s+uGA==