diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
index 8a2e3438a..5bf3973b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 22
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index e4c594e58..965741f78 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pydantic==2.10.6
 python-multipart==0.0.18
 
 python-socketio==5.11.3
-python-jose==3.3.0
+python-jose==3.4.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
 
 requests==2.32.3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d1175e605..5cd54da64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-multipart==0.0.18",
 
     "python-socketio==5.11.3",
-    "python-jose==3.3.0",
+    "python-jose==3.4.0",
     "passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4",
 
     "requests==2.32.3",