diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c2f12ac1f..d41cb6555 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
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 				"dpdm": "^4.0.1",
 				"esbuild": "^0.28.0",
-				"esbuild-node-externals": "^1.20.1",
+				"esbuild-node-externals": "^1.22.0",
 				"esbuild-sass-plugin": "^3.6.0",
 				"eslint": "^9.39.2",
 				"eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.8",
@@ -8389,6 +8389,16 @@
 				"node": ">= 4"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/empathic": {
+			"version": "2.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/empathic/-/empathic-2.0.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-i6UzDscO/XfAcNYD75CfICkmfLedpyPDdozrLMmQc5ORaQcdMoc21OnlEylMIqI7U8eniKrPMxxtj8k0vhmJhA==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"license": "MIT",
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=14"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/encodeurl": {
 			"version": "2.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -8686,13 +8696,13 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/esbuild-node-externals": {
-			"version": "1.21.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esbuild-node-externals/-/esbuild-node-externals-1.21.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-bty/rLyPoB/YwshACVOPyVoWkhqKFFyP3RK4wUo2K0UkD/6ESnvCR3aLIvtNzvXgqURgq8ryGXVDMg0q2fwZpQ==",
+			"version": "1.22.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esbuild-node-externals/-/esbuild-node-externals-1.22.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-5MOqbBYAjGayiA6JPCDJ+QOvW1Xl6M9LlQbYMgwbE0DE/pv6NyXKzPzQhksU6lY1ZB8MWMn6Ov6IGooMAZnTyQ==",
 			"dev": true,
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
-				"find-up": "^5.0.0"
+				"empathic": "^2.0.0"
 			},
 			"engines": {
 				"node": ">=12"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00ae3e2d1..c6131e6a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 		"dompurify": "^3.3.2",
 		"dpdm": "^4.0.1",
 		"esbuild": "^0.28.0",
-		"esbuild-node-externals": "^1.20.1",
+		"esbuild-node-externals": "^1.22.0",
 		"esbuild-sass-plugin": "^3.6.0",
 		"eslint": "^9.39.2",
 		"eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.8",