diff --git a/.changeset/dependabot-3174.md b/.changeset/dependabot-3174.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5b3e3e7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dependabot-3174.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@prosopo/database": patch
+---
+
+chore(deps): bump make-dir from 3.1.0 to 5.1.0
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cc147956f0..55b0869b97 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -31352,7 +31352,7 @@
 				"@prosopo/user-access-policy": "3.12.33",
 				"@prosopo/util": "3.3.8",
 				"bson": "7.3.2",
-				"make-dir": "3.1.0",
+				"make-dir": "5.1.0",
 				"mongodb": "7.5.0",
 				"mongodb-memory-server": "10.3.0",
 				"mongoose": "9.9.4"
@@ -31403,6 +31403,18 @@
 				"node": ">=20.19.0"
 			}
 		},
+		"packages/database/node_modules/make-dir": {
+			"version": "5.1.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/make-dir/-/make-dir-5.1.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-IfpFq6UM39dUNiphpA6uDezNx/AvWyhwfICWPR3t1VspkgkMZrL+Rk1RbN1bx+aeNYwOrqGJgEgV3yotk+ZUVw==",
+			"license": "MIT",
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=18"
+			},
+			"funding": {
+				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+			}
+		},
 		"packages/database/node_modules/mongodb": {
 			"version": "7.5.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/-/mongodb-7.5.0.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/database/package.json b/packages/database/package.json
index 31e38a96af..06240b45bc 100644
--- a/packages/database/package.json
+++ b/packages/database/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		"@prosopo/user-access-policy": "3.12.33",
 		"@prosopo/util": "3.3.8",
 		"bson": "7.3.2",
-		"make-dir": "3.1.0",
+		"make-dir": "5.1.0",
 		"mongodb": "7.5.0",
 		"mongodb-memory-server": "10.3.0",
 		"mongoose": "9.9.4"