diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index b08b79000..e9e0f44a3 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "slug": "~2.1.1",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.4.0",
-    "validator": "^12.1.0",
+    "validator": "^12.2.0",
     "wait-on": "~4.0.0",
     "xregexp": "^4.2.4"
   },
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 753cfceac..8f4cfc9a2 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -9031,10 +9031,10 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
-validator@^12.1.0:
-  version "12.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-12.1.0.tgz#a3a7315d5238cbc15e46ad8d5e479aafa7119925"
-  integrity sha512-gIC2RBuFRi574Rb9vewGCJ7TCLxHXNx6EKthEgs+Iz0pYa9a9Te1VLG/bGLsAyGWrqR5FfR7tbFUI7FEF2LiGA==
+validator@^12.2.0:
+  version "12.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-12.2.0.tgz#660d47e96267033fd070096c3b1a6f2db4380a0a"
+  integrity sha512-jJfE/DW6tIK1Ek8nCfNFqt8Wb3nzMoAbocBF6/Icgg1ZFSBpObdnwVY2jQj6qUqzhx5jc71fpvBWyLGO7Xl+nQ==
 
 vary@^1, vary@~1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"