diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8ea1b1c..b82d9db 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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@@ -2354,27 +2354,12 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv-expand/-/dotenv-expand-1000.0.0.tgz",
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+        "node": ">=16"
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0b61a8..66e2434 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
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+    "dotenv-expand": "^1000.0.0",
     "execa": "^9.6.1",
     "get-port": "^7.2.0",
     "listr2": "^9.0.0",