From 3a6dedb8803b56341b8f177d554598d6863df3e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 17:59:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(deps): bump dotenv from 16.6.1 to 17.4.1 in /backend

Bumps [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) from 16.6.1 to 17.4.1.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.6.1...v17.4.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: dotenv
  dependency-version: 17.4.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 backend/package-lock.json | 9 ++++-----
 backend/package.json      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 6e30d18..cad9689 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             "dependencies": {
                 "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
                 "cors": "^2.8.5",
-                "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
+                "dotenv": "^17.4.1",
                 "express": "^4.19.2",
                 "express-rate-limit": "^7.4.0",
                 "helmet": "^7.1.0",
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/dotenv": {
-            "version": "16.6.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.6.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-uBq4egWHTcTt33a72vpSG0z3HnPuIl6NqYcTrKEg2azoEyl2hpW0zqlxysq2pK9HlDIHyHyakeYaYnSAwd8bow==",
+            "version": "17.4.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.4.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-k8DaKGP6r1G30Lx8V4+pCsLzKr8vLmV2paqEj1Y55GdAgJuIqpRp5FfajGF8KtwMxCz9qJc6wUIJnm053d/WCw==",
             "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
             "engines": {
                 "node": ">=12"
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.22.1.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha512-F2X8g9P1X7uCPZMA3MVf9wcTqlyNp7IhH5qPCI0izhaOIYXaW9L535tGA3qmjRzpH+bZczqq7hVKxTR4NWnu+g==",
             "license": "MIT",
-            "peer": true,
             "dependencies": {
                 "accepts": "~1.3.8",
                 "array-flatten": "1.1.1",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index dd68e5e..4706a61 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
-        "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
+        "dotenv": "^17.4.1",
         "express": "^4.19.2",
         "express-rate-limit": "^7.4.0",
         "helmet": "^7.1.0",