diff --git a/packages/gatsby-remark-images-contentful/package.json b/packages/gatsby-remark-images-contentful/package.json
index f91e41fd31fe9..7b7dc6cd62ca1 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-remark-images-contentful/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-remark-images-contentful/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
-    "axios": "^0.18.0",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.2",
     "is-relative-url": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.10",