diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3447ac2db..105a294e5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
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       },
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         "grunt": "^1.0.0",
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@@ -5939,9 +5938,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.8.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.9.0.tgz",
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         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
@@ -10671,9 +10670,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.8.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.9.0.tgz",
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