diff --git a/services/backend/package.json b/services/backend/package.json
index cde8c01c..43129b1a 100644
--- a/services/backend/package.json
+++ b/services/backend/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		"@types/morgan": "^1.7.35",
 		"@types/node": "^11.9.4",
 		"@types/supertest": "^2.0.7",
-		"@types/uuid": "^3.4.4",
+		"@types/uuid": "^8.0.0",
 		"codecov": "^3.2.0",
 		"cross-env": "^5.2.0",
 		"jest": "^24.1.0",