diff --git a/web3.js/package-lock.json b/web3.js/package-lock.json
index 87f3ee041c..a3d2652c3c 100644
--- a/web3.js/package-lock.json
+++ b/web3.js/package-lock.json
@@ -5290,6 +5290,18 @@
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+          }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-6.0.1.tgz",
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diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index 452016a3b3..b548341b49 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
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     "crypto-hash": "^1.2.2",
     "esdoc-inject-style-plugin": "^1.0.0",