diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0155e4e..d38c01d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -870,16 +870,23 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/-/mongodb-3.5.9.tgz",
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         "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
         "saslprep": "^1.0.0"
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/-/bson-1.1.4.tgz",
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     },
     "mongoose": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 248e5dc..517940f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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     "ibm-watson": "^5.3.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
-    "mongodb": "^3.5.0",
+    "mongodb": "^3.5.9",
     "mongoose": "^5.8.10",
     "validator": "^12.2.0"
   }