diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 4c4513821..c13f0ff9d 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "cheerio": "~1.0.0-rc.3",
     "cors": "~2.8.5",
     "cross-env": "~5.2.0",
-    "date-fns": "2.0.0-alpha.37",
+    "date-fns": "2.0.0-beta.1",
     "debug": "~4.1.1",
     "dotenv": "~8.0.0",
     "express": "~4.17.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 92c7edf9a..c0c70181c 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2635,10 +2635,10 @@ data-urls@^1.0.0:
     whatwg-mimetype "^2.2.0"
     whatwg-url "^7.0.0"
 
-date-fns@2.0.0-alpha.37:
-  version "2.0.0-alpha.37"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.0.0-alpha.37.tgz#c58b3e827da4f860ec8dc123e54019efb4a610e0"
-  integrity sha512-fyIv/h6fkFd1u2NHXni5LPRPoa9FFh3hY67JSjNfa+k/u4EKvfrpGtoTM16Y/BJOqTb4W05UjcmwBna1ElyxDA==
+date-fns@2.0.0-beta.1:
+  version "2.0.0-beta.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.0.0-beta.1.tgz#6f3209ea8be559211be5160e0a6379a7eade227b"
+  integrity sha512-ls5W/PUZmrtck53HD3Sd0564NlnNoQtcxNCwWcIzULJMNNgAPVKHoylVXPau7vdyu5/JTd25ljtan+iWnnUKkw==
 
 debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.1.2, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.8, debug@^2.6.9:
   version "2.6.9"