diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e504c454..d6b33914 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         "openai": "^6.45.0",
         "zod": "^4.4.3"
@@ -11335,10 +11335,13 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-18.0.4.tgz",
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       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "bin": {
+        "dotenv": "dist/index.cjs"
+      },
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         "node": ">=12"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e6e1ea5..5a2aebc7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
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     "commander": "^15.0.0",
     "diff": "^9.0.0",
-    "dotenv": "^17.4.2",
+    "dotenv": "^18.0.4",
     "glob": "^13.0.6",
     "openai": "^6.45.0",
     "zod": "^4.4.3"