diff --git a/ui/package-lock.json b/ui/package-lock.json
index b085460..2c27b8c 100644
--- a/ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/ui/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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       "version": "1.0.0",
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+        "axios": "^1.18.0",
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         "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
         "lucide-react": "^0.294.0",
@@ -1064,6 +1064,18 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/agent-base": {
+      "version": "6.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-6.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RZNwNclF7+MS/8bDg70amg32dyeZGZxiDuQmZxKLAlQjr3jGyLx+4Kkk58UO7D2QdgFIQCovuSuZESne6RG6XQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": "4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ajv": {
       "version": "6.12.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.6.tgz",
@@ -1336,13 +1348,14 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.16.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6hp5CwvTPlN2A31g5dxnwAX0orzM7pmCRDLnZSX772mv8WDqICwFjowHuPs04Mc8deIld1+ejhtaMn5vp6b+1w==",
+      "version": "1.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-E32NzpYKp++W7XRe52rHiXV2ehxmh3wbdgO7MHeFM+vqxLBYHzt0ElkiImtOBxtOmyp0yoC8C6uESVV84Y2/hw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "follow-redirects": "^1.16.0",
         "form-data": "^4.0.5",
+        "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
         "proxy-from-env": "^2.1.0"
       }
     },
@@ -3533,6 +3546,19 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/unified"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/https-proxy-agent": {
+      "version": "5.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-5.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dFcAjpTQFgoLMzC2VwU+C/CbS7uRL0lWmxDITmqm7C+7F0Odmj6s9l6alZc6AELXhrnggM2CeWSXHGOdX2YtwA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "agent-base": "6",
+        "debug": "4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/iconv-lite": {
       "version": "0.6.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.6.3.tgz",
diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 115ddd5..02beff6 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext js,jsx --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings 0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^1.16.0",
+    "axios": "^1.18.0",
     "github-markdown-css": "^5.8.1",
     "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
     "lucide-react": "^0.294.0",