diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 30845b64c5..a12e84d514 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:2.0.9",
             "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.11",
             "ch.qos.logback:logback-access:1.3.11",
-            'org.json:json:20230227',
+            'org.json:json:20231013',
             'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.0',
             'com.github.spullara.cli-parser:cli-parser:1.1.6',
             'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.14',
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ dependencies {
     )
 
     providedCompile('javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1')
-    compileOnly "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.7.3"
+    compileOnly "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.8.0"
 
     testCompile group: 'de.saly', name: 'javamail-mock2-fullmock', version: '0.5-beta4'
 }