diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 36ad8f1a..a6f3ade7 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
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       }
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/-/semantic-conventions-1.28.0.tgz",
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-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      }
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base/-/sdk-trace-base-1.30.1.tgz",
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       }
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-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/node_modules/@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base/node_modules/@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/-/semantic-conventions-1.28.0.tgz",
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@@ -16293,10 +16275,12 @@
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+      "version": "4.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-cron/-/node-cron-4.6.0.tgz",
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       "license": "ISC",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.0.0"
+        "node": ">=20"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/node-domexception": {
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index c26178bf..0d823780 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
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     "moment": "^2.29.4",
     "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
-    "node-cron": "^4.2.1",
+    "node-cron": "^4.6.0",
     "node-vault": "^0.12.0",
     "nodemailer": "^8.0.1",
     "pdfkit": "^0.18.0",