diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index cbae988..223a725 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
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     "node-nlp": "^4.27.0",
     "nodemailer": "^8.0.4",
-    "pg": "^8.11.3",
+    "pg": "^8.22.0",
     "redis": "^4.6.8",
     "sentiment": "^5.0.2",
     "socket.io": "^4.7.2",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 99e5fbc..86bf2ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         "node-forge": "^1.3.1",
         "node-nlp": "^4.27.0",
         "nodemailer": "^8.0.4",
-        "pg": "^8.11.3",
+        "pg": "^8.22.0",
         "redis": "^4.6.8",
         "sentiment": "^5.0.2",
         "sharp": "^0.32.0",
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
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         "@types/node": "^20.5.1",
         "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.14",
+        "@types/socket.io-client": "^3.0.0",
         "@types/supertest": "^2.0.12",
         "@types/swagger-jsdoc": "^6.0.4",
         "@types/swagger-ui-express": "^4.1.6",
@@ -11976,6 +11977,17 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/socket.io-client/-/socket.io-client-3.0.0.tgz",
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+      "deprecated": "This is a stub types definition. socket.io-client provides its own type definitions, so you do not need this installed.",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "socket.io-client": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/stack-utils": {
       "version": "2.0.3",
       "dev": true,
@@ -23117,12 +23129,14 @@
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     },
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+      "version": "8.22.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg/-/pg-8.22.0.tgz",
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-        "pg-connection-string": "^2.11.0",
-        "pg-pool": "^3.11.0",
-        "pg-protocol": "^1.11.0",
+        "pg-connection-string": "^2.14.0",
+        "pg-pool": "^3.14.0",
+        "pg-protocol": "^1.15.0",
         "pg-types": "2.2.0",
         "pgpass": "1.0.5"
       },
@@ -23130,7 +23144,7 @@
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       },
       "optionalDependencies": {
-        "pg-cloudflare": "^1.3.0"
+        "pg-cloudflare": "^1.4.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "pg-native": ">=3.0.1"
@@ -23142,12 +23156,16 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/pg-cloudflare": {
-      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "version": "1.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-cloudflare/-/pg-cloudflare-1.4.0.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true
     },
     "node_modules/pg-connection-string": {
-      "version": "2.11.0",
+      "version": "2.14.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-2.14.0.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/pg-int8": {
@@ -23158,14 +23176,18 @@
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-      "version": "3.11.0",
+      "version": "3.14.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-pool/-/pg-pool-3.14.0.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT",
       "peerDependencies": {
         "pg": ">=8.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/pg-protocol": {
-      "version": "1.11.0",
+      "version": "1.15.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pg-protocol/-/pg-protocol-1.15.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cq9sECI5s0+uPUXjbz8ioyPJni6RzsRib0US67i5IoTZKw8fNeYlVE7u8F4dG7vEJJtc5wdD1K189lCCUwqWTQ==",
       "license": "MIT"
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     "node_modules/pg-types": {