diff --git a/packages/db-manager/package.json b/packages/db-manager/package.json
index fd2427e69fa0a747bb079173ea707f6e41063259..169c0e79afb3c50ddb506af3dac51c7da74c63e2 100644
--- a/packages/db-manager/package.json
+++ b/packages/db-manager/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@pubsweet/logger": "^0.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^4.0.2",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "^2.2.1",
-    "joi": "^11.0.2",
+    "joi": "^13.1.0",
     "pouchdb": "^6.3.4",
     "pubsweet-server": "^1.0.2"
   }
diff --git a/packages/logger/package.json b/packages/logger/package.json
index 5492c65fd1a11cbe16de4eda810b5e8e1dfa5a4a..b498be0aa227134b0c7686b9c1a780bb4c436dd2 100644
--- a/packages/logger/package.json
+++ b/packages/logger/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "config": "^1.26.2",
-    "joi": "^10.6.0",
+    "joi": "^13.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 491eebe567c93a88de42c9f97e323006a10ab15d..d560560501c8c665cf0384db5eabbe59bd909df5 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "express": "^4.16.1",
     "helmet": "^3.8.1",
     "http-status-codes": "^1.0.6",
-    "joi": "^10.0.6",
+    "joi": "^13.1.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^7.1.7",
     "lodash": "^4.0.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a784bf2df537afac8b429018b9c0a684a669b301..734a8e238ccd5e95a6fa8b88273921a8a3cfbf25 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4774,6 +4774,10 @@ hoek@4.x.x:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoek/-/hoek-4.2.0.tgz#72d9d0754f7fe25ca2d01ad8f8f9a9449a89526d"
 
+hoek@5.x.x:
+  version "5.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoek/-/hoek-5.0.2.tgz#d2f2c95d36fe7189cf8aa8c237abc1950eca1378"
+
 hoist-non-react-statics@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoist-non-react-statics/-/hoist-non-react-statics-1.2.0.tgz#aa448cf0986d55cc40773b17174b7dd066cb7cfb"
@@ -5900,6 +5904,14 @@ joi@^11.0.2:
     isemail "3.x.x"
     topo "2.x.x"
 
+joi@^13.1.0:
+  version "13.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/joi/-/joi-13.1.0.tgz#59e7b8714b932a1e342c3583d5841d7169ff1822"
+  dependencies:
+    hoek "5.x.x"
+    isemail "3.x.x"
+    topo "3.x.x"
+
 joi@^6.10.1, joi@^6.9.1:
   version "6.10.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/joi/-/joi-6.10.1.tgz#4d50c318079122000fe5f16af1ff8e1917b77e06"
@@ -10962,6 +10974,12 @@ topo@2.x.x:
   dependencies:
     hoek "4.x.x"
 
+topo@3.x.x:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/topo/-/topo-3.0.0.tgz#37e48c330efeac784538e0acd3e62ca5e231fe7a"
+  dependencies:
+    hoek "5.x.x"
+
 toposort@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toposort/-/toposort-1.0.6.tgz#c31748e55d210effc00fdcdc7d6e68d7d7bb9cec"