diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd771cd..c422444 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         "scalability"
     ],
     "dependencies": {
-        "bcrypt": "^4.0.1",
+        "bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
         "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
         "chalk": "^4.0.0",
         "compression": "^1.7.4",