diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 348c520af..35fa1d7c5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2556,9 +2556,9 @@
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@@ -2706,6 +2706,12 @@
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-4.0.0.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e669afbf..e874faf79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
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     "solidity-comments-extractor": "^0.0.7",
     "string-width": "^4.2.3"