diff --git a/wrongsecrets-balancer/package.json b/wrongsecrets-balancer/package.json
index 1ce9e89b..e8502e60 100644
--- a/wrongsecrets-balancer/package.json
+++ b/wrongsecrets-balancer/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "googleapis": "^156.0.0",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^3.0.2",
-    "joi": "^17.13.3",
+    "joi": "^18.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "minimatch": "^10.0.1",
     "on-finished": "^2.4.1",