diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index faec86c..f7d4541 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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         "express-validator": "^7.2.0",
         "helmet": "^8.0.0",
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@@ -4060,9 +4060,13 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-rate-limit/-/express-rate-limit-8.2.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ip-address": "10.0.1"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 16"
       },
@@ -4070,7 +4074,7 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/express-rate-limit"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "express": "4 || 5 || ^5.0.0-beta.1"
+        "express": ">= 4.11"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/express-validator": {
@@ -4771,6 +4775,15 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/ip-address": {
+      "version": "10.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip-address/-/ip-address-10.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NWv9YLW4PoW2B7xtzaS3NCot75m6nK7Icdv0o3lfMceJVRfSoQwqD4wEH5rLwoKJwUiZ/rfpiVBhnaF0FK4HoA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 12"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ipaddr.js": {
       "version": "1.9.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ipaddr.js/-/ipaddr.js-1.9.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4fcea23..174106a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     "express": "^4.21.2",
     "express-fileupload": "^1.5.1",
-    "express-rate-limit": "^7.4.1",
+    "express-rate-limit": "^8.2.0",
     "express-validator": "^7.2.0",
     "helmet": "^8.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",