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From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 23:50:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(deps): bump dotenv from 16.6.1 to 17.4.2 in /backend

Bumps [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) from 16.6.1 to 17.4.2.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.6.1...v17.4.2)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: dotenv
  dependency-version: 17.4.2
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
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 backend/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 8344842..56c1e77 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "express": "^4.21.1",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "helmet": "^8.0.0",
-    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
+    "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
     "pg": "^8.13.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.1"