diff --git a/backend/Gemfile b/backend/Gemfile
index bbcd16dc..b8b26d2b 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/backend/Gemfile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ gem "ruby-progressbar", require: false
 
 gem "kaminari-actionview"
 gem "kaminari-mongoid"
-gem "rack-cors", "2.0.1", require: "rack/cors" # freezing to gemfile.lock version because heroku is not respecting lockfile
+gem "rack-cors", "2.0.2", require: "rack/cors" # freezing to gemfile.lock version because heroku is not respecting lockfile
 gem "simplecov", require: false, group: :test
 
 group :development, :test do
diff --git a/backend/Gemfile.lock b/backend/Gemfile.lock
index 45d32f99..7cbe2465 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Gemfile.lock
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ GEM
     pusher-signature (0.1.8)
     racc (1.7.3)
     racc (1.7.3-java)
-    rack (2.2.8)
-    rack-cors (2.0.1)
+    rack (2.2.8.1)
+    rack-cors (2.0.2)
       rack (>= 2.0.0)
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry-rails
   puma (= 5.6.8)
   pusher
-  rack-cors (= 2.0.1)
+  rack-cors (= 2.0.2)
   rack-timeout
   rails (~> 6.1.7.6)
   rails_12factor