diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index 84c78116..bced5567 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-    "target": "es2018",
+    "target": "es2020",
     "lib": [
       "esnext"
     ],