diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-common.yml b/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
index 54717788ba1f..4eaf9f333c83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
@@ -281,11 +281,11 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version-file: .java-version
 
-      # vaadin 14 tests fail with node 18
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          # vaadin 14 tests fail with node 18
+          node-version: 16 # renovate: ignore
 
       # vaadin tests use pnpm
       - name: Cache pnpm modules
diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts
index d84019b816ea..6f2f6d4e2820 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(platform("io.grpc:grpc-bom:1.75.0"))
   implementation(platform("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:1.0.0"))
   implementation(platform("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom-alpha:1.0.0-alpha"))
-  implementation(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.25.1"))
+  implementation(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.25.2"))
 
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf")