diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/settings/accounts/components/SettingsAccountsBlocklistInput.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/settings/accounts/components/SettingsAccountsBlocklistInput.tsx
index 84d4fb9355..42accc4cc5 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/settings/accounts/components/SettingsAccountsBlocklistInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/settings/accounts/components/SettingsAccountsBlocklistInput.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod';
 import { styled } from '@linaria/react';
+import { isNonEmptyString } from '@sniptt/guards';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Controller, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 import { Key } from 'ts-key-enum';
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/utils/image.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/utils/image.ts
index dc7d41d7e4..f63b63be11 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/utils/image.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/utils/image.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
+import { isNonEmptyString } from '@sniptt/guards';
 
 const cropRegex = /([w|h])([0-9]+)/;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export const getImageBufferFromUrl = async (
   url: string,
   axiosInstance: AxiosInstance,
 ): Promise<Buffer> => {
-  if (!url || typeof url !== 'string' || url.trim().length === 0) {
+  if (!isNonEmptyString(url) || url.trim().length === 0) {
     throw new Error('Invalid URL provided: URL must be a non-empty string');
   }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export const getImageBufferFromUrl = async (
 
     const contentType = response.headers['content-type'];
 
-    if (contentType && !contentType.startsWith('image/')) {
+    if (isNonEmptyString(contentType) && !contentType.startsWith('image/')) {
       throw new Error(
         `Invalid content type: expected image/*, got ${contentType}`,
       );
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 89512a99f6..5d83cb9bb3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -29018,25 +29018,15 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"axios@npm:^1.12.0, axios@npm:^1.13.5, axios@npm:^1.6.1, axios@npm:^1.7.7, axios@npm:^1.8.3":
-  version: 1.13.5
-  resolution: "axios@npm:1.13.5"
+"axios@npm:^1.12.0, axios@npm:^1.13.5, axios@npm:^1.6.1, axios@npm:^1.7.7, axios@npm:^1.8.3, axios@npm:^1.9.0":
+  version: 1.16.1
+  resolution: "axios@npm:1.16.1"
   dependencies:
-    follow-redirects: "npm:^1.15.11"
+    follow-redirects: "npm:^1.16.0"
     form-data: "npm:^4.0.5"
-    proxy-from-env: "npm:^1.1.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/abf468c34f2d145f3dc7dbc0f1be67e520630624307bda69a41bbe8d386bd672d87b4405c4ee77f9ff54b235ab02f96a9968fb00e75b13ce64706e352a3068fd
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"axios@npm:^1.9.0":
-  version: 1.13.6
-  resolution: "axios@npm:1.13.6"
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects: "npm:^1.15.11"
-    form-data: "npm:^4.0.5"
-    proxy-from-env: "npm:^1.1.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/51fb5af055c3b85662fa97df17d986ae2c37d13bf86d50b6bb36b6b3a2dec6966a1d3a14ab3774b71707b155ae3597ed9b7babdf1a1a863d1a31840cb8e7ec71
+    https-proxy-agent: "npm:^5.0.1"
+    proxy-from-env: "npm:^2.1.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/2f77e37e6552bbff8a772d058fb09500198e9188c6b20dc799d82dbe12a8cb506f6eed4e4e62a9ba612a35cbab496faa26d68f9bff14a53af6d15c3e136391a7
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -36873,13 +36863,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"follow-redirects@npm:^1.15.11":
-  version: 1.15.11
-  resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.15.11"
+"follow-redirects@npm:^1.16.0":
+  version: 1.16.0
+  resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.16.0"
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     debug:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 10c0/d301f430542520a54058d4aeeb453233c564aaccac835d29d15e050beb33f339ad67d9bddbce01739c5dc46a6716dbe3d9d0d5134b1ca203effa11a7ef092343
+  checksum: 10c0/a1e2900163e6f1b4d1ed5c221b607f41decbab65534c63fe7e287e40a5d552a6496e7d9d7d976fa4ba77b4c51c11e5e9f683f10b43011ea11e442ff128d0e181
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -50235,6 +50225,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"proxy-from-env@npm:^2.1.0":
+  version: 2.1.0
+  resolution: "proxy-from-env@npm:2.1.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/ed01729fd4d094eab619cd7e17ce3698b3413b31eb102c4904f9875e677cd207392795d5b4adee9cec359dfd31c44d5ad7595a3a3ad51c40250e141512281c58
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "proxy-memoize@npm:3.0.1":
   version: 3.0.1
   resolution: "proxy-memoize@npm:3.0.1"