diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index e3ce881..db19eb8 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
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@@ -1800,9 +1798,10 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.6.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.3.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
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diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index dd9123e..3d80ea7 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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     "cloudinary": "^2.9.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
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+    "dotenv": "^17.3.1",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.3",
     "mongodb": "^6.3.0"