From bf26359a8e6d39685fd4229c11fe4e5a732c04ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:35:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bump dotenv from 17.4.2 to 18.0.9 in /backend

Bumps [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) from 17.4.2 to 18.0.9.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v17.4.2...v18.0.9)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: dotenv
  dependency-version: 18.0.9
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 backend/package-lock.json | 11 +++++++----
 backend/package.json      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index da4eea2..f424176 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "name": "devtrack-backend",
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
+        "dotenv": "^18.0.9",
         "express": "^4.19.2"
       },
       "engines": {
@@ -161,10 +161,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
-      "version": "17.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.4.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-nI4U3TottKAcAD9LLud4Cb7b2QztQMUEfHbvhTH09bqXTxnSie8WnjPALV/WMCrJZ6UV/qHJ6L03OqO3LcdYZw==",
+      "version": "18.0.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-18.0.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3fVOW4cB02R066PUSwn8O4TJyz9NckQl7F81blIbaq9jKBm2tSmOKky7ZHIXzGvkVPXCSn6jkpziBPZdGFs8Tw==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "bin": {
+        "dotenv": "dist/index.cjs"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index c2987d0..8e5cace 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "node": ">=18"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
+    "dotenv": "^18.0.9",
     "express": "^4.19.2"
   },
   "overrides": {