diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a8c0799..661ec91 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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-        "dotenv": "^17.0.0",
+        "dotenv": "^18.0.0",
         "express": "^5.0.0",
         "js-yaml": "^4.3.2",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
@@ -416,10 +416,13 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.4.2.tgz",
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+      "version": "18.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-18.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-16YSUvsKtKbwrTbESvtTSZzzJUug6jdFdqiBFg9Q6Bk1JY9r0hAtrtTiWxdI9YrsgOTmkjZRdgU0n3LnwGpECw==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "bin": {
+        "dotenv": "dist/index.cjs"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6ec010..8204503 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.10",
-    "dotenv": "^17.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^18.0.0",
     "express": "^5.0.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.3.2",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",