diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 9384a88060..472aba667f 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ object WellcomeDependencies {
 object ExternalDependencies {
   lazy val versions = new {
     val apacheCommons = "1.9"
-    val circe = "0.13.0"
+    val circe = "0.14.1"
     val diffJson = "4.1.1"
     val fastparse = "2.3.0"
     val scalatest = "3.2.3"
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 603fb0e47c..e5ca1ff510 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-sbt.version=1.4.1
+sbt.version=1.9.8