diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08b479b2f7..27ebd5a500 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <commons-text.version>1.13.0</commons-text.version>
     <commons-csv.version>1.12.0</commons-csv.version>
     <dom4j.version>2.1.4</dom4j.version>
-    <equalsverifier.version>3.17.5</equalsverifier.version>
+    <equalsverifier.version>3.18</equalsverifier.version>
     <!-- It seems freemarker 2.3.32 was the last to support Java 11, 2.3.33 requires Java 16 -->
     <freemarker.version>2.3.34</freemarker.version>
     <groovy.version>4.0.24</groovy.version>
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>
         <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-        <version>20240303</version>
+        <version>20241224</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>