diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 458c5d3969a..4b90371d00d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "@wireapp/react-ui-kit": "9.23.3",
     "@wireapp/webapp-events": "0.24.0",
     "auto-launch": "5.0.6",
-    "axios": "0.21.2",
+    "axios": "0.28.0",
     "content-type": "1.0.5",
     "electron-dl": "^3.5.2",
     "electron-window-state": "5.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ed579996282..8df5aba29c9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5897,12 +5897,14 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"axios@npm:0.21.2":
-  version: 0.21.2
-  resolution: "axios@npm:0.21.2"
+"axios@npm:0.28.0":
+  version: 0.28.0
+  resolution: "axios@npm:0.28.0"
   dependencies:
-    follow-redirects: ^1.14.0
-  checksum: 41299c21f77323e7c56ea49d2d5ed25407d24bb145a4ce3441a8db17359ae56554f9495dca6e15d343a9530e106212a684c75a4db3bedfbe19f6414a8d94378e
+    follow-redirects: ^1.15.0
+    form-data: ^4.0.0
+    proxy-from-env: ^1.1.0
+  checksum: d3782377512e67510787bf325b664f16c8b595ccdbcf52fca58433fbd082e33c3ef58a19e7d016ce92666be5a1a5ea82028add0cb841077981df9617bd071615
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -9943,7 +9945,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"follow-redirects@npm:^1.14.0, follow-redirects@npm:^1.15.6":
+"follow-redirects@npm:^1.15.0":
+  version: 1.15.8
+  resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.15.8"
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    debug:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 14ea00a27257609328860f7792f4c2ba54e636cbce28ac4ae1d6b039d1f8285253081e43ffd29f7c2bf8854e95ab8f9d1db4e800c90a09d9ee78f75364a06deb
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"follow-redirects@npm:^1.15.6":
   version: 1.15.6
   resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.15.6"
   peerDependenciesMeta:
@@ -18281,7 +18293,7 @@ __metadata:
     adm-zip: 0.5.16
     auto-launch: 5.0.6
     aws-sdk: 2.1690.0
-    axios: 0.21.2
+    axios: 0.28.0
     babel-core: 7.0.0-bridge.0
     babel-eslint: 10.1.0
     babel-jest: 29.7.0