diff --git a/backend/Pipfile b/backend/Pipfile
index 10720bf55..257378176 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile
+++ b/backend/Pipfile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ clinvar-this = "==0.18.3"
 [dev-packages]
 # packages for testing
 black = "~=24.10.0"
-click = "~=8.0"
+click = "~=8.1"
 coveralls = "*"
 django-coverage-plugin = "~=3.1.0"
 django-test-plus = "~=2.2.4"
diff --git a/backend/Pipfile.lock b/backend/Pipfile.lock
index 5c753b2c4..1e50efb5f 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "f49f9b933a70a37441ddb44cc6bf4ead80f4cc51360c9a0fb4ba211319caf505"
+            "sha256": "1e4fe12757f5edab8ebc729ee9ac0763b9983e2484a2fbd3536c1bd481f92f59"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -3430,11 +3430,12 @@
         },
         "click": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:ae74fb96c20a0277a1d615f1e4d73c8414f5a98db8b799a7931d1582f3390c28",
-                "sha256:ca9853ad459e787e2192211578cc907e7594e294c7ccc834310722b41b9ca6de"
+                "sha256:63c132bbbed01578a06712a2d1f497bb62d9c1c0d329b7903a866228027263b2",
+                "sha256:ed53c9d8990d83c2a27deae68e4ee337473f6330c040a31d4225c9574d16096a"
             ],
+            "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==8.1.7"
+            "version": "==8.1.8"
         },
         "coverage": {
             "extras": [