diff --git a/cla-backend/package.json b/cla-backend/package.json
index 60a651138..fced36db5 100644
--- a/cla-backend/package.json
+++ b/cla-backend/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   "resolutions": {
     "ansi-regex": "^5.0.1",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1329.0",
-    "axios": "^1.16.1",
+    "axios": "^1.20.0",
     "basic-ftp": "^5.3.1",
     "cookiejar": "^2.1.4",
     "fast-uri": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/cla-backend/yarn.lock b/cla-backend/yarn.lock
index 819df998c..1b4c3ea0d 100644
--- a/cla-backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/cla-backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2355,12 +2355,12 @@ aws-sdk@^2.1329.0, aws-sdk@^2.1404.0:
     xml2js "0.6.2"
 
 axios@^1.16.1, axios@^1.6.2:
-  version "1.16.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-1.16.1.tgz#517e29291d19d6e8cf919ff264f4fe157261ba12"
-  integrity sha512-caYkukvroVPO8KrzuJEb50Hm07KwfBZPEC3VeFHTsqWHvKTsy54hjJz9BS/cdaypROE2rH6xvm9mHX4fgWkr3A==
+  version "1.20.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-1.20.0.tgz#515513445aa60e71d04b6521ca6210829ccb4786"
+  integrity sha512-r8aOh8j9cGKpgQAqpzrUHnSIc6a59Y3Xf/cv8sy1DrHCkZHzQGEuoq1tARk6qSyDdtQGSDgpb9kFlruzPvrgwg==
   dependencies:
     follow-redirects "^1.16.0"
-    form-data "^4.0.5"
+    form-data "^4.0.6"
     https-proxy-agent "^5.0.1"
     proxy-from-env "^2.1.0"
 
@@ -3459,7 +3459,7 @@ for-each@^0.3.3:
   dependencies:
     is-callable "^1.2.7"
 
-form-data@^4.0.0, form-data@^4.0.4, form-data@^4.0.5:
+form-data@^4.0.0, form-data@^4.0.4, form-data@^4.0.6:
   version "4.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.5.tgz#b49e48858045ff4cbf6b03e1805cebcad3679053"
   integrity sha512-8RipRLol37bNs2bhoV67fiTEvdTrbMUYcFTiy3+wuuOnUog2QBHCZWXDRijWQfAkhBj2Uf5UnVaiWwA5vdd82w==