diff --git a/plugin/package.json b/plugin/package.json
index 181777c95..c8a6cea4e 100644
--- a/plugin/package.json
+++ b/plugin/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node-fetch": "2.6.1",
-    "dotenv": "16.0.0"
+    "dotenv": "16.3.1"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "netlify",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 25e4d4937..67432c95f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@algolia/netlify-plugin-crawler@workspace:plugin"
   dependencies:
     "@types/node-fetch": 2.6.1
-    dotenv: 16.0.0
+    dotenv: 16.3.1
     node-fetch: 2.6.7
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -9460,10 +9460,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"dotenv@npm:16.0.0":
-  version: 16.0.0
-  resolution: "dotenv@npm:16.0.0"
-  checksum: 664cebb51f0a9a1d1b930f51f0271e72e26d62feaecc9dc03df39453dd494b4e724809ca480fb3ec3213382b1ed3f791aaeb83569a137f9329ce58efd4853dbf
+"dotenv@npm:16.3.1":
+  version: 16.3.1
+  resolution: "dotenv@npm:16.3.1"
+  checksum: 15d75e7279018f4bafd0ee9706593dd14455ddb71b3bcba9c52574460b7ccaf67d5cf8b2c08a5af1a9da6db36c956a04a1192b101ee102a3e0cf8817bbcf3dfd
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard