diff --git a/scripts/projectDataUpdate/.snyk b/scripts/projectDataUpdate/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e76fd6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/projectDataUpdate/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.13.5
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-450202:
+    - csvtojson > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-04T02:08:39.554Z'
diff --git a/scripts/projectDataUpdate/package.json b/scripts/projectDataUpdate/package.json
index cd8c54c10..f45c64cc0 100644
--- a/scripts/projectDataUpdate/package.json
+++ b/scripts/projectDataUpdate/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   "description": "This script takes a single csv file as an argument, and uses it to populate data into EPIC's persistent mongo database.",
   "main": "projectDataUpdate.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@
     "argparse": "^1.0.10",
     "argv": "0.0.2",
     "csvtojson": "^1.1.9",
-    "mongodb": "^2.2.33"
-  }
+    "mongodb": "^2.2.33",
+    "snyk": "^1.189.0"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }