diff --git a/sails/webnified-app/.snyk b/sails/webnified-app/.snyk
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index 0000000..bde8396
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+++ b/sails/webnified-app/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.25.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  'npm:minimatch:20160620':
+    - sails > glob > minimatch:
+        patched: '2024-09-08T23:29:53.588Z'
+        id: 'npm:minimatch:20160620'
+        path: sails > glob > minimatch
diff --git a/sails/webnified-app/package.json b/sails/webnified-app/package.json
index 282609a..85170ad 100644
--- a/sails/webnified-app/package.json
+++ b/sails/webnified-app/package.json
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 {
-    "name": "webnified-app",
-    "private": true,
-    "version": "0.1.3",
-    "description": "a Sails application",
-    "dependencies": {
-        "sails": "0.9.8",
-        "grunt": "0.4.1",
-        "sails-disk": "~0.9.0",
-        "ejs": "0.8.4",
-        "optimist": "0.3.4",
-        "mailchimp-api": "2.0.4",
-        "winston": "0.7.3",
-        "winston-papertrail": "0.1.4"
-    },
-    "scripts": {
-        "start": "node app.js",
-        "debug": "node debug app.js"
-    },
-    "main": "app.js",
-    "repository": "",
-    "author": "",
-    "license": ""
+  "name": "webnified-app",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "description": "a Sails application",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "sails": "1.5.11",
+    "grunt": "0.4.1",
+    "sails-disk": "~0.9.0",
+    "ejs": "0.8.4",
+    "optimist": "0.3.4",
+    "mailchimp-api": "2.0.4",
+    "winston": "0.7.3",
+    "winston-papertrail": "0.1.4",
+    "@snyk/protect": "latest"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node app.js",
+    "debug": "node debug app.js",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk-protect"
+  },
+  "main": "app.js",
+  "repository": "",
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "",
+  "snyk": true
 }
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