diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 35fe799..2a2a3dd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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+        "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
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         "papaparse": "^5.4.1",
         "uuid": "^14.0.1",
@@ -2374,9 +2374,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uBq4egWHTcTt33a72vpSG0z3HnPuIl6NqYcTrKEg2azoEyl2hpW0zqlxysq2pK9HlDIHyHyakeYaYnSAwd8bow==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.4.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nI4U3TottKAcAD9LLud4Cb7b2QztQMUEfHbvhTH09bqXTxnSie8WnjPALV/WMCrJZ6UV/qHJ6L03OqO3LcdYZw==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cacb9f9..4fc4641 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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     "@xenova/transformers": "2.0.1",
     "cli-progress": "^3.12.0",
-    "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
+    "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
     "onnxruntime-node": "^1.14.0",
     "papaparse": "^5.4.1",
     "uuid": "^14.0.1",