diff --git a/api-server/package-lock.json b/api-server/package-lock.json
index bb4b66f48f..b1b37a0005 100644
--- a/api-server/package-lock.json
+++ b/api-server/package-lock.json
@@ -5498,9 +5498,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bad-words/-/bad-words-3.0.3.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bad-words/-/bad-words-3.0.4.tgz",
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       }
diff --git a/api-server/package.json b/api-server/package.json
index 5168a0b17e..78af656759 100644
--- a/api-server/package.json
+++ b/api-server/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "@sentry/node": "^5.27.4",
     "accepts": "^1.3.7",
     "axios": "^0.21.0",
-    "bad-words": "^3.0.3",
+    "bad-words": "^3.0.4",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "connect-mongo": "^3.2.0",