diff --git a/packages/bubble-dev/start-preset/package.json b/packages/bubble-dev/start-preset/package.json
index 537097bd2..eec4787b8 100644
--- a/packages/bubble-dev/start-preset/package.json
+++ b/packages/bubble-dev/start-preset/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "@start/reporter-verbose": "^2.0.0",
     "copie": "^2.0.0",
     "dleet": "^2.0.0",
-    "dotenv": "^8.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
     "execa": "^4.1.0",
     "fixdeps": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5308f8772..d51c14a25 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4744,10 +4744,10 @@ dot-case@^3.0.4:
     no-case "^3.0.4"
     tslib "^2.0.3"
 
-dotenv@^8.0.0:
-  version "8.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-8.2.0.tgz#97e619259ada750eea3e4ea3e26bceea5424b16a"
-  integrity sha512-8sJ78ElpbDJBHNeBzUbUVLsqKdccaa/BXF1uPTw3GrvQTBgrQrtObr2mUrE38vzYd8cEv+m/JBfDLioYcfXoaw==
+dotenv@^16.0.0:
+  version "16.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.0.tgz#c619001253be89ebb638d027b609c75c26e47411"
+  integrity sha512-qD9WU0MPM4SWLPJy/r2Be+2WgQj8plChsyrCNQzW/0WjvcJQiKQJ9mH3ZgB3fxbUUxgc/11ZJ0Fi5KiimWGz2Q==
 
 dotignore@^0.1.2:
   version "0.1.2"