diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf865e5a5..3d866c203 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "cypress": "^3.2.0",
     "cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": "^1.11.0",
-    "dotenv": "^7.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^8.0.0",
     "faker": "^4.1.0",
     "graphql-request": "^1.8.2",
     "neo4j-driver": "^1.7.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d6cf39004..31416a522 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2022,10 +2022,10 @@ domain-browser@^1.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domain-browser/-/domain-browser-1.2.0.tgz#3d31f50191a6749dd1375a7f522e823d42e54eda"
   integrity sha512-jnjyiM6eRyZl2H+W8Q/zLMA481hzi0eszAaBUzIVnmYVDBbnLxVNnfu1HgEBvCbL+71FrxMl3E6lpKH7Ge3OXA==
 
-dotenv@^7.0.0:
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-7.0.0.tgz#a2be3cd52736673206e8a85fb5210eea29628e7c"
-  integrity sha512-M3NhsLbV1i6HuGzBUH8vXrtxOk+tWmzWKDMbAVSUp3Zsjm7ywFeuwrUXhmhQyRK1q5B5GGy7hcXPbj3bnfZg2g==
+dotenv@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.0.0.tgz#ed310c165b4e8a97bb745b0a9d99c31bda566440"
+  integrity sha512-30xVGqjLjiUOArT4+M5q9sYdvuR4riM6yK9wMcas9Vbp6zZa+ocC9dp6QoftuhTPhFAiLK/0C5Ni2nou/Bk8lg==
 
 duplexer2@^0.1.2, duplexer2@~0.1.0, duplexer2@~0.1.2:
   version "0.1.4"