diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 5a74ab3..d7ae23a 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1841,9 +1841,9 @@
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         },
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-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git/-/simple-git-3.8.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-nbR1PufcbvCaW90CiAXC1mM7OnEqLzjSOnySnq7Sd2kcVG6GxSa+DhxhFmCgxLv4kWCKmZagkCZSjfNAQTZwaw==",
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+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git/-/simple-git-3.16.0.tgz",
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                 "@kwsites/promise-deferred": "^1.1.1",
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@
             },
             "funding": {
                 "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/steveukx/"
+                "url": "https://github.com/steveukx/git-js?sponsor=1"
             }
         },
         "node_modules/simple-git/node_modules/debug": {
@@ -3276,9 +3276,9 @@
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         },
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-            "version": "3.8.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git/-/simple-git-3.8.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-nbR1PufcbvCaW90CiAXC1mM7OnEqLzjSOnySnq7Sd2kcVG6GxSa+DhxhFmCgxLv4kWCKmZagkCZSjfNAQTZwaw==",
+            "version": "3.16.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git/-/simple-git-3.16.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-zuWYsOLEhbJRWVxpjdiXl6eyAyGo/KzVW+KFhhw9MqEEJttcq+32jTWSGyxTdf9e/YCohxRE+9xpWFj9FdiJNw==",
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