diff --git a/.github/workflows/libs-test.yml b/.github/workflows/libs-test.yml
index db63324..38c9376 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/libs-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/libs-test.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Lein
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@13.4
         with:
-          lein: 2.11.2
+          lein: 2.12.0
 
       - name: Install Planck
         uses: ./.github/workflows/setup-planck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/native-image-test.yml b/.github/workflows/native-image-test.yml
index 2092372..44245bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/native-image-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/native-image-test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ windows, ubuntu, macos ]
-        java-version: [ '24.0.2' ]
+        java-version: [ '25' ]
         test: [ native, native-sci ]
         clojure-version: [ '1.12' ]
 
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 1153ddf..ddb8926 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
            ;; REPL to support bb dev-jvm & dev-cljs tasks, see script/dev_repl.clj
            ;;
            :nrepl
-           {:extra-deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "1.3.1"}
+           {:extra-deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "1.4.0"}
                          cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.57.0"}}
             :jvm-opts ["-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow"]}
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
            {;; for disabling the official compiler
             :classpath-overrides {org.clojure/clojure nil}
             :extra-deps {com.github.flow-storm/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.2"}
-                         com.github.flow-storm/flow-storm-dbg {:mvn/version "4.5.1"}}
+                         com.github.flow-storm/flow-storm-dbg {:mvn/version "4.5.5"}}
             :jvm-opts ["-Dclojure.storm.instrumentEnable=true"]}
 
            :nrepl/jvm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
            :nrepl/cljs ;; note shadow-cljs does its own thing, this is for a REPL with
                        ;; support for plain old ClojureScript
-           {:extra-deps {cider/piggieback {:mvn/version "0.6.0"}}
+           {:extra-deps {cider/piggieback {:mvn/version "0.6.1"}}
             :jvm-opts ["-Djdk.attach.allowAttachSelf"]
             :main-opts ["-m" "nrepl.cmdline"
                         "--middleware" "[cider.nrepl/cider-middleware cider.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
            ;;
            :lint-cache {:replace-paths ["src"]} ;; when building classpath we want to exclude resources
                                                 ;; so we do not pick up our own clj-kondo config exports
-           :clj-kondo {:extra-deps {clj-kondo/clj-kondo {:mvn/version "2025.07.28"}}
+           :clj-kondo {:extra-deps {clj-kondo/clj-kondo {:mvn/version "2025.09.19"}}
                        :override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.2"}}
                        :main-opts ["-m" "clj-kondo.main"]}
 
diff --git a/doc/02-developer-guide.adoc b/doc/02-developer-guide.adoc
index 7e4ba3d..99d7ed4 100644
--- a/doc/02-developer-guide.adoc
+++ b/doc/02-developer-guide.adoc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ We make use of planck for cljs bootstrap (aka cljs self-hosted) testing.
 Planck is currently not available for Windows.
 
 We test that rewrite-clj operates as expected when natively compile via GraalVM.
-Automated testing is setup using GraalVM for JDK 24.
+Automated testing is setup using GraalVM for JDK 25.
 At this time we only test against the Community Edition.
 
 == Prerequisites
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ At this time we only test against the Community Edition.
 * Clojure v1.10.1.697 or above for `clojure` command
 ** Note that rewrite-clj v1 itself supports Clojure v1.8 and above
 * Babashka v0.3.7 or above
-* Current release of GraalVM for JDK 24, if you want to run GraalVM native image tests
+* Current release of GraalVM for JDK 25, if you want to run GraalVM native image tests
 
 === Windows Notes
 
diff --git a/script/test_libs.clj b/script/test_libs.clj
index 999a865..15a3e57 100755
--- a/script/test_libs.clj
+++ b/script/test_libs.clj
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             :show-deps-fn cli-deps-tree
             :test-cmds ["clojure -T:build ci"]}
            {:name "cljfmt"
-            :version "0.13.1"
+            :version "0.13.3"
             :platforms [:clj :cljs]
             :root "cljfmt"
             :github-release {:repo "weavejester/cljfmt"
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
             :test-cmds ["bb test"]}
            {:name "clojure-mcp"
             :platforms [:clj]
-            :version "0.1.8-alpha"
+            :version "0.1.9-alpha"
             :github-release {:repo "bhauman/clojure-mcp"
                              :via :tag
                              :version-prefix "v"}