diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 69d96099..cbed64c6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  def picocliVersion = '4.7.6'
+  def picocliVersion = '4.7.7'
 
   implementation(platform('com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.18.3'))
   // 1.4.+ requires Java 11 and we are stuck on 8
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'com.kjetland:mbknor-jackson-jsonschema_2.13:1.0.39'
   implementation 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0'
   implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.4.3'
-  implementation 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http:1.2.4'
+  implementation 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http:1.2.5'
   implementation 'org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:3.9.9'
   implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.18.0'
   // for RFC5987 parsing of content-disposition filename*
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:[2.35.1,3.0.0)'
   // https://github.com/stefanbirkner/system-lambda
   testImplementation 'com.github.stefanbirkner:system-lambda:1.2.1'
-
-  annotationProcessor "info.picocli:picocli-codegen:${picocliVersion}"
 }
 
 compileJava {