diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dffd490..38d032e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "@adobe/aio-lib-test-proxy": "^1.0.0",
     "@adobe/eslint-config-aio-lib-config": "^2.0.0",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
-    "dotenv": "^8.1.0",
+    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
     "eol": "^0.9.1",
     "eslint": "^8.17.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "^17.0.0",