diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 94888ae..47766e4 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1460,9 +1460,9 @@
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     },
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-      "version": "4.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-4.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-RCDgar//130GGPGE6kkEfbhPStg="
+      "version": "6.4.16",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-6.4.16.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-68K0LgZ6hmZ7PVmwL78gzNdjpj5viqBdFqKrTtr9bZbJYj6BRj5W6WGkxXrEnUl3Co3CBXi3CZBUlpV/foGnOQ=="
     },
     "nodemon": {
       "version": "2.0.4",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 52fc70a..74ccb92 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "mongoose": "^5.7.11",
     "multer": "^1.4.1",
     "multer-storage-cloudinary": "^2.2.1",
-    "nodemailer": "^4.7.0",
+    "nodemailer": "^6.4.16",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.4",
     "validator": "^10.11.0",
     "xmlhttprequest": "^1.8.0"