diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 823c4a07..e3092891 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-handlebars": "^3.1.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "nodemailer": "^6.4.16",
     "nodemailer-express-handlebars": "^3.1.0",
     "pg": "^7.12.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 98b71453..e95244ed 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -1026,10 +1026,10 @@ bser@2.1.1:
   dependencies:
     node-int64 "^0.4.0"
 
-buffer-equal-constant-time@1.0.1:
+buffer-equal-constant-time@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-equal-constant-time/-/buffer-equal-constant-time-1.0.1.tgz#f8e71132f7ffe6e01a5c9697a4c6f3e48d5cc819"
-  integrity sha1-+OcRMvf/5uAaXJaXpMbz5I1cyBk=
+  integrity sha512-zRpUiDwd/xk6ADqPMATG8vc9VPrkck7T07OIx0gnjmJAnHnTVXNQG3vfvWNuiZIkwu9KrKdA1iJKfsfTVxE6NA==
 
 buffer-from@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.1"
@@ -3566,12 +3566,12 @@ jsonfile@^4.0.0:
   optionalDependencies:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
 
-jsonwebtoken@^8.5.1:
-  version "8.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-8.5.1.tgz#00e71e0b8df54c2121a1f26137df2280673bcc0d"
-  integrity sha512-XjwVfRS6jTMsqYs0EsuJ4LGxXV14zQybNd4L2r0UvbVnSF9Af8x7p5MzbJ90Ioz/9TI41/hTCvznF/loiSzn8w==
+jsonwebtoken@^9.0.0:
+  version "9.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-9.0.3.tgz#6cd57ab01e9b0ac07cb847d53d3c9b6ee31f7ae2"
+  integrity sha512-MT/xP0CrubFRNLNKvxJ2BYfy53Zkm++5bX9dtuPbqAeQpTVe0MQTFhao8+Cp//EmJp244xt6Drw/GVEGCUj40g==
   dependencies:
-    jws "^3.2.2"
+    jws "^4.0.1"
     lodash.includes "^4.3.0"
     lodash.isboolean "^3.0.3"
     lodash.isinteger "^4.0.4"
@@ -3580,7 +3580,7 @@ jsonwebtoken@^8.5.1:
     lodash.isstring "^4.0.1"
     lodash.once "^4.0.0"
     ms "^2.1.1"
-    semver "^5.6.0"
+    semver "^7.5.4"
 
 jsprim@^1.2.2:
   version "1.4.1"
@@ -3592,21 +3592,21 @@ jsprim@^1.2.2:
     json-schema "0.2.3"
     verror "1.10.0"
 
-jwa@^1.4.1:
-  version "1.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jwa/-/jwa-1.4.1.tgz#743c32985cb9e98655530d53641b66c8645b039a"
-  integrity sha512-qiLX/xhEEFKUAJ6FiBMbes3w9ATzyk5W7Hvzpa/SLYdxNtng+gcurvrI7TbACjIXlsJyr05/S1oUhZrc63evQA==
+jwa@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jwa/-/jwa-2.0.1.tgz#bf8176d1ad0cd72e0f3f58338595a13e110bc804"
+  integrity sha512-hRF04fqJIP8Abbkq5NKGN0Bbr3JxlQ+qhZufXVr0DvujKy93ZCbXZMHDL4EOtodSbCWxOqR8MS1tXA5hwqCXDg==
   dependencies:
-    buffer-equal-constant-time "1.0.1"
+    buffer-equal-constant-time "^1.0.1"
     ecdsa-sig-formatter "1.0.11"
     safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
 
-jws@^3.2.2:
-  version "3.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jws/-/jws-3.2.2.tgz#001099f3639468c9414000e99995fa52fb478304"
-  integrity sha512-YHlZCB6lMTllWDtSPHz/ZXTsi8S00usEV6v1tjq8tOUZzw7DpSDWVXjXDre6ed1w/pd495ODpHZYSdkRTsa0HA==
+jws@^4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jws/-/jws-4.0.1.tgz#07edc1be8fac20e677b283ece261498bd38f0690"
+  integrity sha512-EKI/M/yqPncGUUh44xz0PxSidXFr/+r0pA70+gIYhjv+et7yxM+s29Y+VGDkovRofQem0fs7Uvf4+YmAdyRduA==
   dependencies:
-    jwa "^1.4.1"
+    jwa "^2.0.1"
     safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
 
 kind-of@^3.0.2, kind-of@^3.0.3, kind-of@^3.2.0:
@@ -5171,6 +5171,11 @@ semver@^7.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.1.3.tgz#e4345ce73071c53f336445cfc19efb1c311df2a6"
   integrity sha512-ekM0zfiA9SCBlsKa2X1hxyxiI4L3B6EbVJkkdgQXnSEEaHlGdvyodMruTiulSRWMMB4NeIuYNMC9rTKTz97GxA==
 
+semver@^7.5.4:
+  version "7.8.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.8.5.tgz#39b646037dd50c14fb451e7e4cac58ed8b863f69"
+  integrity sha512-Y7/KDsb8LjooZpwaqGyulO6DQlksgCncchHGk+sZIY4SBvUocMBEFH5Ur1fI4dV+Jvl0w6cjvucaIi40puRioA==
+
 send@0.17.1:
   version "0.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/send/-/send-0.17.1.tgz#c1d8b059f7900f7466dd4938bdc44e11ddb376c8"