diff --git a/ghost/email-events/package.json b/ghost/email-events/package.json
index 36e0f99eea..1fa901fca2 100644
--- a/ghost/email-events/package.json
+++ b/ghost/email-events/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "lib"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "bson-objectid": "^2.0.4",
+    "bson-objectid": "2.0.4",
     "c8": "7.12.0",
     "mocha": "10.1.0",
     "sinon": "14.0.2"