diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 75c8e08540..a4b893cacd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ grpcVersion=1.73.0
 guavaVersion=33.4.8-jre
 
 # Note: You won't find usages in the product sources; this property is used by the gradle plugin.
-gwtVersion=2.11.0
-gwtServletJakartaVersion=2.11.0
+gwtVersion=2.12.2
+gwtServletJakartaVersion=2.12.2
 
 # force hadoop-hdfs-client for CVE-2021-37404, CVE-2022-25168, CVE-2022-26612, CVE-2021-25642, CVE-2021-33036, CVE-2023-26031,
 hadoopHdfsClientVersion=3.4.1
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ hadoopHdfsClientVersion=3.4.1
 hamcrestVersion=2.2
 
 # Note: if changing this, we might need to match with the picard version in the SequenceAnalysis module build.gradle
-htsjdkVersion=4.0.0
+htsjdkVersion=4.3.0
 
 httpclient5Version=5.5
 httpcore5Version=5.3.4