diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 058ea2747..42d4b74e9 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -351,11 +351,25 @@ name = "diesel"
 version = "1.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b28135ecf6b7d446b43e27e225622a038cc4e2930a1022f51cdb97ada19b8e4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "diesel_derives 1.4.1",
+ "pq-sys",
+ "r2d2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel"
+version = "2.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68c186a7418a2aac330bb76cde82f16c36b03a66fb91db32d20214311f9f6545"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "byteorder",
  "chrono",
- "diesel_derives",
+ "diesel_derives 2.0.1",
+ "itoa",
  "pq-sys",
  "r2d2",
 ]
@@ -383,6 +397,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_derives"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "143b758c91dbc3fe1fdcb0dba5bd13276c6a66422f2ef5795b58488248a310aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diesel_migrations"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -935,7 +961,7 @@ version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b4fc84e4af020b837029e017966f86a1c2d5e83e64b589963d5047525995860"
 dependencies = [
- "diesel",
+ "diesel 1.4.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1225,6 +1251,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-hack"
 version = "0.5.19"
@@ -1523,7 +1573,7 @@ version = "0.1.0-rc.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5fa48b6ab25013e9812f1b0c592741900b3a2a83c0936292e0565c0ac842f558"
 dependencies = [
- "diesel",
+ "diesel 1.4.8",
  "r2d2",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_sync_db_pools_codegen",
@@ -1618,7 +1668,7 @@ name = "seed_data"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "diesel",
+ "diesel 2.0.2",
  "dotenv",
  "server",
 ]
@@ -1671,7 +1721,7 @@ name = "server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "diesel",
+ "diesel 2.0.2",
  "diesel-derive-enum",
  "diesel_migrations",
  "dotenv",
diff --git a/backend/seed_data/Cargo.toml b/backend/seed_data/Cargo.toml
index 1daa00552..da3af091e 100644
--- a/backend/seed_data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/seed_data/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 server = { path="../server" }
-diesel = "1.4.8"
+diesel = "2.0.2"
 chrono = "0.4.23"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/backend/server/Cargo.toml b/backend/server/Cargo.toml
index e79988baa..eea5dc136 100644
--- a/backend/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.2", features = ["json"] }
 rocket_sync_db_pools = { version = "0.1.0-rc.2", features = ["diesel_postgres_pool"] }
 # pull rocket_cors from git master until crates.io artifact builds on stable
 rocket_cors = { git = "https://github.com/lawliet89/rocket_cors", branch = "master" }
-diesel = { version = "1.4.8", features = ["postgres", "r2d2", "chrono"] }
+diesel = { version = "2.0.2", features = ["postgres", "r2d2", "chrono"] }
 diesel-derive-enum = { version = "1", features = ["postgres"] }
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 dotenv_codegen = "0.15.0"