diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a212fcf..2e1c897 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/mongoose": "^5.11.97",
     "@types/swagger-jsdoc": "^6.0.1",
-    "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
+    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "axios": "^1.1.2",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8dfcb03..6f4eccc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1309,10 +1309,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/uuid@npm:^8.3.4":
-  version: 8.3.4
-  resolution: "@types/uuid@npm:8.3.4"
-  checksum: 6f11f3ff70f30210edaa8071422d405e9c1d4e53abbe50fdce365150d3c698fe7bbff65c1e71ae080cbfb8fded860dbb5e174da96fdbbdfcaa3fb3daa474d20f
+"@types/uuid@npm:^9.0.0":
+  version: 9.0.0
+  resolution: "@types/uuid@npm:9.0.0"
+  checksum: 59ae56d9547c8758588659da2a2b4c97cce79c2aae1798c892bb29452ef08e87859dea2ec3a66bfa88d0d2153147520be2b1893be920f9f0bc9c53a3207ea6aa
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/node": 18.11.9
     "@types/swagger-jsdoc": ^6.0.1
     "@types/swagger-ui-express": 4.1.3
-    "@types/uuid": ^8.3.4
+    "@types/uuid": ^9.0.0
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": 5.43.0
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": 5.43.0
     all-contributors-cli: 6.24.0