diff --git a/trivia-game-react/package.json b/trivia-game-react/package.json
index 0f14d617a..a57c61f4a 100644
--- a/trivia-game-react/package.json
+++ b/trivia-game-react/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "styled-components": "6.1.19",
     "tailwind.macro": "1.0.0-alpha.10",
     "typescript": "5.9.2",
-    "xstate": "5.20.2"
+    "xstate": "5.21.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@testing-library/cypress": "10.1.0",
diff --git a/trivia-game-react/yarn.lock b/trivia-game-react/yarn.lock
index fc9968b74..3deaeb44f 100644
--- a/trivia-game-react/yarn.lock
+++ b/trivia-game-react/yarn.lock
@@ -12827,10 +12827,10 @@ xmlchars@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xmlchars/-/xmlchars-2.2.0.tgz#060fe1bcb7f9c76fe2a17db86a9bc3ab894210cb"
   integrity sha512-JZnDKK8B0RCDw84FNdDAIpZK+JuJw+s7Lz8nksI7SIuU3UXJJslUthsi+uWBUYOwPFwW7W7PRLRfUKpxjtjFCw==
 
-xstate@5.20.2:
-  version "5.20.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xstate/-/xstate-5.20.2.tgz#627249d8aeaf19e045f0cbbdb24815d509fd2130"
-  integrity sha512-GZmLmc+WPKfFRxuTDAxCg0cUhS/ZnWaRD86DO8MKizeK4a050jd5k7UNnIQ2jJDWRig2/r0tmVXeezUNIhoz5Q==
+xstate@5.21.0:
+  version "5.21.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xstate/-/xstate-5.21.0.tgz#9b44cadbc3e0e570e07c1e270af893b9109bdbdf"
+  integrity sha512-y4wmqxjyAa0tgz4k3m/MgTF1kDOahE5+xLfWt5eh1sk+43DatLhKlI8lQDJZpvihZavjbD3TUgy2PRMphhhqgQ==
 
 xtend@^4.0.2:
   version "4.0.2"