diff --git a/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json b/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json
index 7fc1b27e64..96a968ee46 100644
--- a/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/rollbar-backend/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.21",
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.1-alpha.21",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
-    "axios": "^0.19.2",
+    "axios": "^0.20.0",
     "camelcase-keys": "^6.2.2",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/plugins/sentry-backend/package.json b/plugins/sentry-backend/package.json
index ea91839bfb..ffdcc18f7e 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/sentry-backend/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.21",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
-    "axios": "^0.19.2",
+    "axios": "^0.20.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e0471bcf11..23ef9b84f0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6051,6 +6051,13 @@ axios@^0.19.0, axios@^0.19.2:
   dependencies:
     follow-redirects "1.5.10"
 
+axios@^0.20.0:
+  version "0.20.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.20.0.tgz#057ba30f04884694993a8cd07fa394cff11c50bd"
+  integrity sha512-ANA4rr2BDcmmAQLOKft2fufrtuvlqR+cXNNinUmvfeSNCOF98PZL+7M/v1zIdGo7OLjEA9J2gXJL+j4zGsl0bA==
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "^1.10.0"
+
 axobject-query@^2.0.2:
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-2.1.2.tgz#2bdffc0371e643e5f03ba99065d5179b9ca79799"
@@ -10759,12 +10766,10 @@ follow-redirects@1.5.10:
   dependencies:
     debug "=3.1.0"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.10.0.tgz#01f5263aee921c6a54fb91667f08f4155ce169eb"
-  integrity sha512-4eyLK6s6lH32nOvLLwlIOnr9zrL8Sm+OvW4pVTJNoXeGzYIkHVf+pADQi+OJ0E67hiuSLezPVPyBcIZO50TmmQ==
-  dependencies:
-    debug "^3.0.0"
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.10.0:
+  version "1.13.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.13.0.tgz#b42e8d93a2a7eea5ed88633676d6597bc8e384db"
+  integrity sha512-aq6gF1BEKje4a9i9+5jimNFIpq4Q1WiwBToeRK5NvZBd/TRsmW8BsJfOEGkr76TbOyPVD3OVDN910EcUNtRYEA==
 
 for-in@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.8"