diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index faa831d29c6..bf7364b66eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     "express-security.txt": "^2.0.0",
     "feature-policy": "^0.5.0",
     "file-stream-rotator": "^0.5.7",
-    "file-type": "^12.4.2",
+    "file-type": "^16.5.3",
     "finale-rest": "^1.1.1",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "fuzzball": "^1.3.0",