diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-on-vtag.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-on-vtag.yaml
index faed059..b323781 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-on-vtag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-on-vtag.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Create Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4  #see: https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases
       - uses: actions/create-release@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-spec-on-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-spec-on-push.yaml
index 463ef8d..7e80991 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-spec-on-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-spec-on-push.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Run Specifications
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4    #see: https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4  #see: https://github.com/actions/setup-node/releases
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b6139d..3bd5233 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@
    "devDependencies": {
       "@types/fancy-log": "~2.0",
       "@types/node": "~20.11",
-      "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~6.19",
-      "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~6.19",
-      "add-dist-header": "~1.3",
-      "assert-deep-strict-equal": "~1.1",
-      "eslint": "~8.56",
+      "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~7.2",
+      "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~7.2",
+      "add-dist-header": "~1.4",
+      "assert-deep-strict-equal": "~1.2",
+      "eslint": "~8.57",
       "jshint": "~2.13",
-      "mocha": "~10.2",
+      "mocha": "~10.3",
       "rimraf": "~5.0",
       "run-scripts-util": "~1.2",
-      "typescript": "~5.3"
+      "typescript": "~5.4"
    }
 }