diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 793c8b7..983e13c 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.1
 )
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 79d58e7..7faaf0c 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0 h1:3l4+N6zfMWnkbPEXKng2o2/MR5mSwTrBih4ZEkkz1lg=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 h1:jF+Du6AlPIjs2BiUiQlKOX0rt3SujHxPnksPKZbaA40=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=