diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 950e0ee866..c7f3039dff 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -1084,6 +1084,14 @@
             <sha256 value="05a959fa3d6180655748db50da230ff8743931a5bc7f74a7cb7269e91eed33d1" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="com.graphql-java" name="graphql-java" version="21.5">
+         <artifact name="graphql-java-21.5.jar">
+            <sha256 value="7973c3952d6cf420bfdae934d7dc59c4f5c9b05f58aa0de4f3418f16bde52070" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="graphql-java-21.5.pom">
+            <sha256 value="dbfc4ae0afea9f27a807e3cc7f3d426a3d31f813057ecba6142bc5bf5ad7d6c7" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="com.graphql-java" name="java-dataloader" version="3.2.1">
          <artifact name="java-dataloader-3.2.1.jar">
             <sha256 value="a4651ccfa60507fb9ac13d3511e79ab565aa2867ddf6c6ee5676704acd871683" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
@@ -1385,6 +1393,14 @@
             <sha256 value="8cf15cd4b93ba1b69cdd928d2c485ee05ccaa0044fed0932e8d0dedfbfa6f093" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="dnsjava" name="dnsjava" version="3.6.0">
+         <artifact name="dnsjava-3.6.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="9e07b0f77a885ee0c27109a57d9232db11629cae3d715a926e0bc5d82df67338" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="dnsjava-3.6.0.pom">
+            <sha256 value="0a0300c34407a4e3c406e6111f123a64af7a5b0cb2b505295e0f363f87dcefe6" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="ethereum" name="execution-spec-tests" version="3.0.0">
          <artifact name="execution-spec-tests-3.0.0-fixtures_stable.tar.gz">
             <sha256 value="110c3f7808bebf33541efedb5e57fc22dd1f33f83220343b1d720032739e785b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
index 6d176ba7e3..9ad95a2074 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
 
     dependency 'com.google.guava:guava:33.0.0-jre'
 
-    dependency 'com.graphql-java:graphql-java:21.3'
+    dependency 'com.graphql-java:graphql-java:21.5'
 
     dependency 'com.splunk.logging:splunk-library-javalogging:1.11.8'
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
 
     dependency 'commons-io:commons-io:2.15.1'
 
-    dependency 'dnsjava:dnsjava:3.5.3'
+    dependency 'dnsjava:dnsjava:3.6.0'
 
     dependencySet(group: 'info.picocli', version: '4.7.5') {
       entry 'picocli'