diff --git a/webapp_node/package.json b/webapp_node/package.json
index b02745f..d5e827c 100644
--- a/webapp_node/package.json
+++ b/webapp_node/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "aws-sdk": "^2.627.0",
     "basic-auth": "^2.0.1",
-    "bcrypt": "^3.0.7",
+    "bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-http": "^4.3.0",