diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 082c95de3..a12459e06 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "npm-run-all": "~4.1.5",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
     "sanitize-html": "~1.21.1",
-    "slug": "~2.1.0",
+    "slug": "~2.1.1",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.4.0",
     "validator": "^12.1.0",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index ea7701494..68cf3bef3 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -8005,10 +8005,10 @@ slug@^0.9.2:
   dependencies:
     unicode ">= 0.3.1"
 
-slug@~2.1.0:
-  version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-2.1.0.tgz#293f8d53de7e55c15871846fd1bc36114841a8c7"
-  integrity sha512-Q4foEgcE7E8UB/BFg4kEzFUICoppzsbbfRjrdKiOM4Z4EFZF5tdn6amkgeaGur3kI4lMWP2BoMv7XJcKZvLg9Q==
+slug@~2.1.1:
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-2.1.1.tgz#08df390d4b4d51bafb41ac0067c0c2dd70734ef2"
+  integrity sha512-yNGhDdS0DR0JyxnPC84qIx/Vd01RHVY4guJeBqBNdBoOLNWnzw5zkWJvxVSmsuUb92bikdnQFnw3PfGY8uZ82g==
   dependencies:
     unicode ">= 0.3.1"