diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4a78d37..f8d4523 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4716,6 +4716,7 @@
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       }
@@ -5489,11 +5490,18 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/properties-reader/-/properties-reader-0.0.16.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-oswNuc3XuB2XfQpZwdwQxtHWq5g=",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/properties-reader/-/properties-reader-2.2.0.tgz",
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-        "mkdirp": "~0.5.1"
+        "mkdirp": "^1.0.4"
+      },
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c156cb9..ce1a7cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
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     "express-session": "^1.15.6",
     "nodemon": "^1.18.7",
-    "properties-reader": "0.0.16",
+    "properties-reader": "2.2.0",
     "sinon": "^7.4.2"
   }
 }