diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97555c81c0c6e83b72692e4a444da8616b0ab654..5ada1e5a60675e0c4d040a4c94c8011cc63978b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "compression-webpack-plugin": "3.1.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "4.6.0",
     "css-loader": "0.28.11",
-    "cypress": "4.12.0",
+    "cypress": "4.12.1",
     "cypress-file-upload": "4.0.7",
     "eslint": "4.19.1",
     "eslint-config-pubsweet": "0.0.6",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 96d800aa7ff4fbc6e2169e07a3d06bd286af3626..00277bbf97c2c4e4b7fcb93d66a84e75e0ec1333 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5409,10 +5409,10 @@ cypress-file-upload@4.0.7:
   dependencies:
     mime "^2.4.4"
 
-cypress@4.12.0:
-  version "4.12.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-4.12.0.tgz#b9d9b16d45be28543edc0e4dc89987bed5bb090b"
-  integrity sha512-ZDngKMwoQ2UYmeSUJikLMZG6t2N7lTHHlzBzh5W0MbPfXSMv36YUgL2ZVD+t4ZLA63WWkvhwxIkDG+WJknBgHw==
+cypress@4.12.1:
+  version "4.12.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-4.12.1.tgz#0ead1b9f4c0917d69d8b57f996b6e01fe693b6ec"
+  integrity sha512-9SGIPEmqU8vuRA6xst2CMTYd9sCFCxKSzrHt0wr+w2iAQMCIIsXsQ5Gplns1sT6LDbZcmLv6uehabAOl3fhc9Q==
   dependencies:
     "@cypress/listr-verbose-renderer" "^0.4.1"
     "@cypress/request" "^2.88.5"