diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 541189790..e21958ea4 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "pg": "8.8.0",
     "raw-body": "2.5.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.13",
-    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
+    "rimraf": "4.1.1",
     "rxjs": "7.8.0",
     "sqlite3": "5.1.4",
     "typeorm": "0.3.7",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c165ab1ba..8c97c7545 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ __metadata:
     prettier: 2.8.3
     raw-body: 2.5.1
     reflect-metadata: 0.1.13
-    rimraf: 3.0.2
+    rimraf: 4.1.1
     rxjs: 7.8.0
     source-map-support: 0.5.21
     sqlite3: 5.1.4
@@ -15761,6 +15761,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"rimraf@npm:4.1.1":
+  version: 4.1.1
+  resolution: "rimraf@npm:4.1.1"
+  bin:
+    rimraf: dist/cjs/src/bin.js
+  checksum: f52d46f59c1a532b3d0f73cb5228ff8f7df4ee87b9df95cf655788ea186c935b5c6ab4c45b66f8de5ed1e3690f58ff83f9a5b0ba1ae2e76a9bf36415f37732f7
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "ripemd160@npm:^2.0.0, ripemd160@npm:^2.0.1":
   version: 2.0.2
   resolution: "ripemd160@npm:2.0.2"