diff --git a/examples/hierarchy/package.json b/examples/hierarchy/package.json
index 5fd748f0a1..530e9bd42f 100644
--- a/examples/hierarchy/package.json
+++ b/examples/hierarchy/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@payloadcms/richtext-slate": "^1.0.0",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "express": "^4.19.2",
     "payload": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/examples/hierarchy/yarn.lock b/examples/hierarchy/yarn.lock
index a5e17bfc3c..03742db6db 100644
--- a/examples/hierarchy/yarn.lock
+++ b/examples/hierarchy/yarn.lock
@@ -2974,6 +2974,11 @@ cookie@0.5.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie/-/cookie-0.5.0.tgz#d1f5d71adec6558c58f389987c366aa47e994f8b"
   integrity sha512-YZ3GUyn/o8gfKJlnlX7g7xq4gyO6OSuhGPKaaGssGB2qgDUS0gPgtTvoyZLTt9Ab6dC4hfc9dV5arkvc/OCmrw==
 
+cookie@0.6.0:
+  version "0.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie/-/cookie-0.6.0.tgz#2798b04b071b0ecbff0dbb62a505a8efa4e19051"
+  integrity sha512-U71cyTamuh1CRNCfpGY6to28lxvNwPG4Guz/EVjgf3Jmzv0vlDp1atT9eS5dDjMYHucpHbWns6Lwf3BKz6svdw==
+
 copyfiles@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/copyfiles/-/copyfiles-2.4.1.tgz#d2dcff60aaad1015f09d0b66e7f0f1c5cd3c5da5"
@@ -3677,7 +3682,7 @@ express-rate-limit@5.5.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-rate-limit/-/express-rate-limit-5.5.1.tgz#110c23f6a65dfa96ab468eda95e71697bc6987a2"
   integrity sha512-MTjE2eIbHv5DyfuFz4zLYWxpqVhEhkTiwFGuB74Q9CSou2WHO52nlE5y3Zlg6SIsiYUIPj6ifFxnkPz6O3sIUg==
 
-express@4.18.2, express@^4.17.1:
+express@4.18.2:
   version "4.18.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express/-/express-4.18.2.tgz#3fabe08296e930c796c19e3c516979386ba9fd59"
   integrity sha512-5/PsL6iGPdfQ/lKM1UuielYgv3BUoJfz1aUwU9vHZ+J7gyvwdQXFEBIEIaxeGf0GIcreATNyBExtalisDbuMqQ==
@@ -3714,6 +3719,43 @@ express@4.18.2, express@^4.17.1:
     utils-merge "1.0.1"
     vary "~1.1.2"
 
+express@^4.19.2:
+  version "4.19.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express/-/express-4.19.2.tgz#e25437827a3aa7f2a827bc8171bbbb664a356465"
+  integrity sha512-5T6nhjsT+EOMzuck8JjBHARTHfMht0POzlA60WV2pMD3gyXw2LZnZ+ueGdNxG+0calOJcWKbpFcuzLZ91YWq9Q==
+  dependencies:
+    accepts "~1.3.8"
+    array-flatten "1.1.1"
+    body-parser "1.20.2"
+    content-disposition "0.5.4"
+    content-type "~1.0.4"
+    cookie "0.6.0"
+    cookie-signature "1.0.6"
+    debug "2.6.9"
+    depd "2.0.0"
+    encodeurl "~1.0.2"
+    escape-html "~1.0.3"
+    etag "~1.8.1"
+    finalhandler "1.2.0"
+    fresh "0.5.2"
+    http-errors "2.0.0"
+    merge-descriptors "1.0.1"
+    methods "~1.1.2"
+    on-finished "2.4.1"
+    parseurl "~1.3.3"
+    path-to-regexp "0.1.7"
+    proxy-addr "~2.0.7"
+    qs "6.11.0"
+    range-parser "~1.2.1"
+    safe-buffer "5.2.1"
+    send "0.18.0"
+    serve-static "1.15.0"
+    setprototypeof "1.2.0"
+    statuses "2.0.1"
+    type-is "~1.6.18"
+    utils-merge "1.0.1"
+    vary "~1.1.2"
+
 ext@^1.1.2:
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ext/-/ext-1.7.0.tgz#0ea4383c0103d60e70be99e9a7f11027a33c4f5f"