From 97896f04a049e9377e5e2ef960ec55bfb71340af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:38:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bump dotenv from 16.6.1 to 17.2.3

Bumps [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) from 16.6.1 to 17.2.3.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.6.1...v17.2.3)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: dotenv
  dependency-version: 17.2.3
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 package-lock.json | 16 ++++++++++++----
 package.json      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 66f5252e..c7fbc8aa 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
         "bull": "^4.11.3",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
-        "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+        "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
         "express-rate-limit": "^6.10.0",
         "express-validator": "^7.0.1",
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
         "jest": "^29.6.4",
         "nodemon": "^3.0.1",
         "supertest": "^6.3.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18.0.0",
+        "npm": ">=8.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@babel/code-frame": {
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-e7jT4DxYvIDLk1ZHmU/m/mB19rex9sv0c2ftBtjSBv+kVM/902eh0fINUzD7UwLLNR+jU585GxUJ8/EBfAM5fw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/code-frame": "^7.27.1",
         "@babel/generator": "^7.28.5",
@@ -1119,6 +1124,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/client/-/client-1.6.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-/KCsg3xSlR+nCK8/8ZYSknYxvXHwubJrU82F3Lm1Fp6789VQ0/3RJKfsmRXjqfaTA++23CvC3hqmqe/2GEt6Kw==",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "cluster-key-slot": "1.1.2",
         "generic-pool": "3.9.0",
@@ -1775,6 +1781,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "baseline-browser-mapping": "^2.9.0",
         "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001759",
@@ -2466,9 +2473,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
-      "version": "16.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uBq4egWHTcTt33a72vpSG0z3HnPuIl6NqYcTrKEg2azoEyl2hpW0zqlxysq2pK9HlDIHyHyakeYaYnSAwd8bow==",
+      "version": "17.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JVUnt+DUIzu87TABbhPmNfVdBDt18BLOWjMUFJMSi/Qqg7NTYtabbvSNJGOJ7afbRuv9D/lngizHtP7QyLQ+9w==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
@@ -2768,6 +2775,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.22.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-F2X8g9P1X7uCPZMA3MVf9wcTqlyNp7IhH5qPCI0izhaOIYXaW9L535tGA3qmjRzpH+bZczqq7hVKxTR4NWnu+g==",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "accepts": "~1.3.8",
         "array-flatten": "1.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f95d223..a211b1fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "bull": "^4.11.3",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-rate-limit": "^6.10.0",
     "express-validator": "^7.0.1",