diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f93bf52..94a2914 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         "autoreload",
         "chrono",
         "dotenv",
+        "dotenvy",
         "graphiql",
         "minijinja",
         "nocapture",
diff --git a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/main.rs b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/main.rs
index 6f6a8a9..286da40 100644
--- a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/main.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mod utils;
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
     let database_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("DATABASE_URL must be set");
diff --git a/background-jobs/src/main.rs b/background-jobs/src/main.rs
index c49fe03..88e59a6 100644
--- a/background-jobs/src/main.rs
+++ b/background-jobs/src/main.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub(crate) type ItemCache = Mutex<HashMap<String, DateTime<Utc>>>;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
     // background jobs relating to local, disposable tasks
diff --git a/basics/todo/src/main.rs b/basics/todo/src/main.rs
index 938f194..8965b46 100644
--- a/basics/todo/src/main.rs
+++ b/basics/todo/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use actix_web::{
     middleware::{ErrorHandlers, Logger},
     web, App, HttpServer,
 };
-use dotenv::dotenv;
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use tera::Tera;
 
 mod api;
diff --git a/databases/diesel/src/main.rs b/databases/diesel/src/main.rs
index 1cfe58a..475753b 100644
--- a/databases/diesel/src/main.rs
+++ b/databases/diesel/src/main.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async fn add_user(
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
     // initialize DB pool outside of `HttpServer::new` so that it is shared across all workers
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[actix_web::test]
     async fn user_routes() {
-        dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+        dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
         env_logger::try_init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info")).ok();
 
         let pool = initialize_db_pool();
diff --git a/databases/mysql/src/main.rs b/databases/mysql/src/main.rs
index 6210582..dad1d10 100644
--- a/databases/mysql/src/main.rs
+++ b/databases/mysql/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn get_conn_builder(
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     // initialize environment
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
 
     // initialize logger
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
diff --git a/databases/postgres/src/main.rs b/databases/postgres/src/main.rs
index b80dbe2..de0b334 100644
--- a/databases/postgres/src/main.rs
+++ b/databases/postgres/src/main.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ mod handlers {
 
 use ::config::Config;
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
-use dotenv::dotenv;
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use handlers::{add_user, get_users};
 use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
 
diff --git a/forms/multipart-s3/src/main.rs b/forms/multipart-s3/src/main.rs
index 626cf93..0f471f9 100644
--- a/forms/multipart-s3/src/main.rs
+++ b/forms/multipart-s3/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use actix_web::{
 };
 use actix_web_lab::{extract::Path, respond::Html};
 use aws_config::meta::region::RegionProviderChain;
-use dotenv::dotenv;
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use serde_json::json;
 
 mod client;
diff --git a/graphql/juniper-advanced/src/main.rs b/graphql/juniper-advanced/src/main.rs
index af99bec..21b3be1 100644
--- a/graphql/juniper-advanced/src/main.rs
+++ b/graphql/juniper-advanced/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use self::{db::get_db_pool, handlers::register};
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
     let pool = get_db_pool();