diff --git a/packages/express-events/package.json b/packages/express-events/package.json
index c11fc6ee..3f84124a 100644
--- a/packages/express-events/package.json
+++ b/packages/express-events/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "@tpluscode/rdf-string": "^0.2.26",
     "@tpluscode/sparql-builder": "^0.3.23",
     "clownface": "^1.5.1",
-    "nanoid": "^3.3.3",
+    "nanoid": "^4.0.1",
     "queue": "^6.0.2",
     "rdf-ext": "^1.3.5",
     "rdf-express-node-factory": "^1.1"
diff --git a/packages/knossos/package.json b/packages/knossos/package.json
index 145feadc..55239951 100644
--- a/packages/knossos/package.json
+++ b/packages/knossos/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "hydra-box-web-access-control": "^1.2.1",
     "is-graph-pointer": "^1.2.2",
     "middleware-async": "^1.3.1",
-    "nanoid": "^3.3.3",
+    "nanoid": "^4.0.1",
     "path-to-regexp": "^6.2.1",
     "rdf-ext": "^1.3.5",
     "rdf-web-access-control": "^1.3.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d85821de..3b1a0d0e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5774,11 +5774,16 @@ n3@^1.3.5, n3@^1.8.1:
     queue-microtask "^1.1.2"
     readable-stream "^3.6.0"
 
-nanoid@3.3.3, nanoid@^3.3.3:
+nanoid@3.3.3:
   version "3.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.3.tgz#fd8e8b7aa761fe807dba2d1b98fb7241bb724a25"
   integrity sha512-p1sjXuopFs0xg+fPASzQ28agW1oHD7xDsd9Xkf3T15H3c/cifrFHVwrh74PdoklAPi+i7MdRsE47vm2r6JoB+w==
 
+nanoid@^4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-4.0.1.tgz#398d7ccfdbf9faf2231b2ca7e8fff5dbca6a509b"
+  integrity sha512-udKGtCCUafD3nQtJg9wBhRP3KMbPglUsgV5JVsXhvyBs/oefqb4sqMEhKBBgqZncYowu58p1prsZQBYvAj/Gww==
+
 natural-compare@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/natural-compare/-/natural-compare-1.4.0.tgz#4abebfeed7541f2c27acfb29bdbbd15c8d5ba4f7"