diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55df4713e..01b5ea170 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "iconv-lite": "0.4.24"
     },
     "optionalDependencies": {
-        "bcrypt": "~2.0.0"
+        "bcrypt": "3.0.5"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "grunt": "~1.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/package.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/package.json
index 177023806..c47afa77a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/package.json
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@
         "passport": "0.4.0",
         "when": "3.7.8",
         "ws": "6.2.0"
+    },
+    "optionalDependencies": {
+        "bcrypt": "3.0.5"
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json b/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json
index 1edab21b5..31c158e1f 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         "semver": "5.6.0"
     },
     "optionalDependencies": {
-        "bcrypt": "~2.0.0"
+        "bcrypt": "3.0.5"
     },
     "engines": {
         "node": ">=8"