diff --git a/template/package.json b/template/package.json
index 93d1073..44fcc00 100644
--- a/template/package.json
+++ b/template/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "web3 is locked at '0.20.x' until 1.0 gets out of beta and is well supported by MetaMask"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.18.0",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.1",
     "bootstrap": "^4.1.1",
     "ganache-cli": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/template/yarn.lock b/template/yarn.lock
index 283e1ba..4c1a7b4 100644
--- a/template/yarn.lock
+++ b/template/yarn.lock
@@ -1695,12 +1695,11 @@ aws4@^1.8.0:
   version "1.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.9.0.tgz#24390e6ad61386b0a747265754d2a17219de862c"
 
-axios@^0.18.0:
-  version "0.18.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.18.0.tgz#32d53e4851efdc0a11993b6cd000789d70c05102"
+axios@^0.21.1:
+  version "0.21.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.1.tgz#22563481962f4d6bde9a76d516ef0e5d3c09b2b8"
   dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.3.0"
-    is-buffer "^1.1.5"
+    follow-redirects "^1.10.0"
 
 axobject-query@^2.0.1:
   version "2.2.0"
@@ -5487,11 +5486,9 @@ flush-write-stream@^1.0.0:
     inherits "^2.0.3"
     readable-stream "^2.3.6"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.4.1.tgz#d8120f4518190f55aac65bb6fc7b85fcd666d6aa"
-  dependencies:
-    debug "^3.1.0"
+follow-redirects@^1.10.0:
+  version "1.13.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.13.1.tgz#5f69b813376cee4fd0474a3aba835df04ab763b7"
 
 for-each@^0.3.2:
   version "0.3.2"