diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 608fe4ba95..f4470636a8 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ---- Base Alpine with Node ----
-FROM alpine:3.20.2 AS base
+FROM alpine:3.20.3 AS base
 # install node
 RUN apk add --update nodejs npm
 
diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index e89606b527..2674b6dadb 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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         "compression": "^1.7.4",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
-        "express": "^4.19.2",
+        "express": "^4.21.0",
         "https": "^1.0.0",
         "jose": "^5.2.4",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
@@ -2549,9 +2549,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ml9pReCu3M61kGlqoTm2umSXTlRTuGTx0bfYj+uIUKKYycG5NtSbeetV3faSU6R7ajOPw0g/J1PvK4qNy7s5bA==",
+      "version": "1.20.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7rAxByjUMqQ3/bHJy7D6OGXvx/MMc4IqBn/X0fcM1QUcAItpZrBEYhWGem+tzXH90c+G01ypMcYJBO9Y30203g==",
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@@ -2561,7 +2561,7 @@
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         "iconv-lite": "0.4.24",
         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
-        "qs": "6.11.0",
+        "qs": "6.13.0",
         "raw-body": "2.5.2",
         "type-is": "~1.6.18",
         "unpipe": "1.0.0"
@@ -2684,12 +2684,18 @@
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-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/call-bind/-/call-bind-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7O+FbCihrB5WGbFYesctwmTKae6rOiIzmz1icreWJ+0aA7LJfuqhEso2T9ncpcFtzMQtzXf2QGGueWJGTYsqrA==",
+      "version": "1.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/call-bind/-/call-bind-1.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GHTSNSYICQ7scH7sZ+M2rFopRoLh8t2bLSW6BbgrtLsahOIB5iyAVJf9GjWK3cYTDaMj4XdBpM1cA6pIS0Kv2w==",
       "dependencies": {
-        "function-bind": "^1.1.1",
-        "get-intrinsic": "^1.0.2"
+        "es-define-property": "^1.0.0",
+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
+        "function-bind": "^1.1.2",
+        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.4",
+        "set-function-length": "^1.2.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.4"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
@@ -3137,6 +3143,22 @@
         "node": ">=0.10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/define-data-property": {
+      "version": "1.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/define-data-property/-/define-data-property-1.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rBMvIzlpA8v6E+SJZoo++HAYqsLrkg7MSfIinMPFhmkorw7X+dOXVJQs+QT69zGkzMyfDnIMN2Wid1+NbL3T+A==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "es-define-property": "^1.0.0",
+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
+        "gopd": "^1.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.4"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/define-properties": {
       "version": "1.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/define-properties/-/define-properties-1.1.3.tgz",
@@ -3242,9 +3264,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TPJXq8JqFaVYm2CWmPvnP2Iyo4ZSM7/QKcSmuMLDObfpH5fi7RUGmd/rTDf+rut/saiDiQEeVTNgAmJEdAOx0w==",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Q0n9HRi4m6JuGIV1eFlmvJB7ZEVxu93IrMyiMsGC0lrMJMWzRgx6WGquyfQgZVb31vhGgXnfmPNNXmxnOkRBrg==",
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       }
@@ -3305,6 +3327,25 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/es-define-property": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-define-property/-/es-define-property-1.0.0.tgz",
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+      "dependencies": {
+        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.4"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/es-errors": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-errors/-/es-errors-1.3.0.tgz",
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+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-module-lexer/-/es-module-lexer-1.4.1.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.19.2.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.0.tgz",
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-        "body-parser": "1.20.2",
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         "cookie": "0.6.0",
         "cookie-signature": "1.0.6",
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         "depd": "2.0.0",
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
+        "encodeurl": "~2.0.0",
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         "etag": "~1.8.1",
-        "finalhandler": "1.2.0",
+        "finalhandler": "1.3.1",
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         "http-errors": "2.0.0",
-        "merge-descriptors": "1.0.1",
+        "merge-descriptors": "1.0.3",
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         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
         "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.7",
+        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.10",
         "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
-        "qs": "6.11.0",
+        "qs": "6.13.0",
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-        "send": "0.18.0",
-        "serve-static": "1.15.0",
+        "send": "0.19.0",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/-/finalhandler-1.3.1.tgz",
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-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
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+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/gensync": {
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-        "has": "^1.0.3",
-        "has-symbols": "^1.0.1"
+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
+        "function-bind": "^1.1.2",
+        "has-proto": "^1.0.1",
+        "has-symbols": "^1.0.3",
+        "hasown": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
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       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
@@ -3950,6 +3999,17 @@
         "node": ">=4"
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+    "node_modules/gopd": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gopd/-/gopd-1.0.1.tgz",
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@@ -3985,10 +4046,32 @@
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+      },
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-        "send": "0.18.0"
+        "send": "0.19.0"
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+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
+        "function-bind": "^1.1.2",
+        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.4",
+        "gopd": "^1.0.1",
+        "has-property-descriptors": "^1.0.2"
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/side-channel/-/side-channel-1.0.4.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/side-channel/-/side-channel-1.0.6.tgz",
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-        "call-bind": "^1.0.0",
-        "get-intrinsic": "^1.0.2",
-        "object-inspect": "^1.9.0"
+        "call-bind": "^1.0.7",
+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
+        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.4",
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diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 953715e2aa..7d82c0dd51 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
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     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "express": "^4.19.2",
+    "express": "^4.21.0",
     "https": "^1.0.0",
     "jose": "^5.2.4",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",