diff --git a/photography-site-demo.js/package.json b/photography-site-demo.js/package.json
index 01baffbf..1f0ba900 100644
--- a/photography-site-demo.js/package.json
+++ b/photography-site-demo.js/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "express-ejs-layouts": "^2.5.1",
     "express-fileupload": "^1.2.1",
     "express-session": "^1.17.2",
-    "mongoose": "^7.4.0",
+    "mongoose": "^8.0.3",
     "python-shell": "^5.0.0",
     "stargate-mongoose": "0.3.0"