diff --git a/backend/deps.edn b/backend/deps.edn
index 8afc04fcd..095b0e4fb 100644
--- a/backend/deps.edn
+++ b/backend/deps.edn
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
   funcool/promesa {:mvn/version "5.1.0"}
   funcool/cuerdas {:mvn/version "2020.03.26-3"}
 
-  buddy/buddy-core {:mvn/version "1.8.0"}
-  buddy/buddy-hashers {:mvn/version "1.6.0"}
-  buddy/buddy-sign {:mvn/version "3.2.0"}
+  buddy/buddy-core {:mvn/version "1.9.0"}
+  buddy/buddy-hashers {:mvn/version "1.7.0"}
+  buddy/buddy-sign {:mvn/version "3.3.0"}
 
   lambdaisland/uri {:mvn/version "1.4.54"
                     :exclusions [org.clojure/data.json]}
diff --git a/backend/src/app/services/mutations/profile.clj b/backend/src/app/services/mutations/profile.clj
index 2585ba811..a45ddcbca 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/services/mutations/profile.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/services/mutations/profile.clj
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
    [app.util.time :as dt]
    [buddy.hashers :as hashers]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
+   [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]))
 
 ;; --- Helpers & Specs
@@ -138,11 +139,20 @@
 
 (defn- derive-password
   [password]
-  (hashers/derive password {:alg :bcrypt+sha512}))
+  (hashers/derive password
+                  {:alg :argon2id
+                   :memory 16384
+                   :iterations 20
+                   :parallelism 2}))
 
 (defn- verify-password
   [attempt password]
-  (hashers/verify attempt password))
+  (try
+    (hashers/verify attempt password)
+    (catch Exception e
+      (log/warnf e "Error on verify password (only informative, nothing affected to user).")
+      {:update false
+       :valid false})))
 
 (defn- create-profile
   "Create the profile entry on the database with limited input