diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c1bd04879a0..ab9427c844b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
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@@ -22742,9 +22742,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/scratch-vm/-/scratch-vm-2.1.40.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39475798388..72700a4ea2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
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-    "scratch-vm": "2.1.37",
+    "scratch-vm": "2.1.40",
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     "style-loader": "^0.23.0",
     "text-encoding": "0.7.0",