diff --git a/.github/gradle-cve-ignore-list.xml b/.github/gradle-cve-ignore-list.xml
index bf853037..220cf69a 100644
--- a/.github/gradle-cve-ignore-list.xml
+++ b/.github/gradle-cve-ignore-list.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     </suppress>
     <suppress>
         <notes><![CDATA[Ignoring, since we don't unmarshal XML to JSON; see https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/708]]></notes>
-        <filePath regex="true">.*\bjson-20090211\.jar</filePath>
+        <filePath regex="true">.*\bjson-20231013\.jar</filePath>
         <cve>CVE-2022-45688</cve>
     </suppress>
     <suppress>
diff --git a/account-service/build.gradle b/account-service/build.gradle
index 6e878a4d..45c39dbb 100644
--- a/account-service/build.gradle
+++ b/account-service/build.gradle
@@ -26,18 +26,17 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-websocket'
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-el'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
 	implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.2.220'
 	implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.7.0'
-	implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.7'
 
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 }
diff --git a/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ccebba77..7f93135c 100644
Binary files a/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc9a83b..3fa8f862 100644
--- a/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/account-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/account-service/gradlew b/account-service/gradlew
index 79a61d42..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/account-service/gradlew
+++ b/account-service/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/account-service/settings.gradle b/account-service/settings.gradle
index 08bd290c..9a5ab4f1 100644
--- a/account-service/settings.gradle
+++ b/account-service/settings.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
  *
  * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
- * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.2/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
  */
 
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
diff --git a/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ccebba77..7f93135c 100644
Binary files a/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc9a83b..3fa8f862 100644
--- a/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/database/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/database/gradlew b/database/gradlew
index 79a61d42..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/database/gradlew
+++ b/database/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/database/settings.gradle b/database/settings.gradle
index c097b2d1..9d06066f 100644
--- a/database/settings.gradle
+++ b/database/settings.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
  *
  * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
- * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.2/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
  */
 
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
diff --git a/position-service/build.gradle b/position-service/build.gradle
index 0a24213a..5341df72 100644
--- a/position-service/build.gradle
+++ b/position-service/build.gradle
@@ -26,19 +26,18 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-websocket'
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-el'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
 	implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.2.220'
 	implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.7.0'
-	implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.30'
-
+	
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 
 }
diff --git a/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ccebba77..7f93135c 100644
Binary files a/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc9a83b..3fa8f862 100644
--- a/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/position-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/position-service/gradlew b/position-service/gradlew
index 79a61d42..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/position-service/gradlew
+++ b/position-service/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/position-service/settings.gradle b/position-service/settings.gradle
index f81a75d6..bfe3b680 100644
--- a/position-service/settings.gradle
+++ b/position-service/settings.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
  *
  * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
- * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.2/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
  */
 
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
diff --git a/trade-processor/build.gradle b/trade-processor/build.gradle
index 90e491e3..b5833978 100644
--- a/trade-processor/build.gradle
+++ b/trade-processor/build.gradle
@@ -26,21 +26,24 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-websocket'
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-el'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
+	}
+	implementation('org.json:json:20231013') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by multiple CVE'
 	}
 	implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.2.220'
 	implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.7.0'
-	implementation 'org.json:json'
-	implementation 'io.socket:socket.io-client:2.1.0'
+	implementation ('io.socket:socket.io-client:2.1.0'){
+		exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
+	}
    	implementation 'io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-core:2.2.15'
-	implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.30'
 	implementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.0'
 
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
diff --git a/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ccebba77..7f93135c 100644
Binary files a/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc9a83b..3fa8f862 100644
--- a/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/trade-processor/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/trade-processor/gradlew b/trade-processor/gradlew
index 79a61d42..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/trade-processor/gradlew
+++ b/trade-processor/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/trade-processor/settings.gradle b/trade-processor/settings.gradle
index 7c7e0fea..6b1631f2 100644
--- a/trade-processor/settings.gradle
+++ b/trade-processor/settings.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
  *
  * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
- * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.2/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
  */
 
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
diff --git a/trade-service/build.gradle b/trade-service/build.gradle
index 181d294e..7e762623 100644
--- a/trade-service/build.gradle
+++ b/trade-service/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
  *
  * This is a general purpose Gradle build.
- * Learn more about Gradle by exploring our samples at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.2/samples
+ * Learn more about Gradle by exploring our samples at https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/samples
  */
 
 plugins {
@@ -26,23 +26,25 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-websocket'
 		exclude group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', module: 'tomcat-embed-el'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
 	}
-	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.13') {
-		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080'
+	implementation('org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:10.1.15') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by CVE-2023-41080 and others'
+	}
+	implementation('org.json:json:20231013') {
+		because 'previous versions are affected by multiple CVE'
+	}
+	implementation ('io.socket:socket.io-client:2.1.0') {
+		exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
 	}
-	implementation 'org.json:json'
-	implementation 'io.socket:socket.io-client:2.1.0'
 	implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.2.220'
 	implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.7.0'
 	implementation 'io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-core:2.2.15'
 	implementation 'io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-annotations:2.2.15'
-	implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.30'
-
 
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 
diff --git a/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ccebba77..7f93135c 100644
Binary files a/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc9a83b..3fa8f862 100644
--- a/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/trade-service/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/trade-service/gradlew b/trade-service/gradlew
index 79a61d42..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/trade-service/gradlew
+++ b/trade-service/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/trade-service/settings.gradle b/trade-service/settings.gradle
index 4f8cc12f..bd901ac9 100644
--- a/trade-service/settings.gradle
+++ b/trade-service/settings.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
  *
  * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
- * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0.2/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ * in the user manual at https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
  */
 
  dependencyResolutionManagement {
diff --git a/web-front-end/proxy/package-lock.json b/web-front-end/proxy/package-lock.json
index 6cf26b3f..c555c693 100644
--- a/web-front-end/proxy/package-lock.json
+++ b/web-front-end/proxy/package-lock.json
@@ -13,19 +13,12 @@
         "express-rate-limit": "^5.2.6",
         "express-session": "^1.17.1",
         "http-proxy-middleware": "^1.1.2",
-        "keycloak-connect": "^12.0.4",
         "morgan": "^1.10.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "nodemon": "^2.0.7"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@testim/chrome-version": {
-      "version": "1.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@testim/chrome-version/-/chrome-version-1.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-g697J3WxV/Zytemz8aTuKjTGYtta9+02kva3C1xc7KXB8GdbfE1akGJIsZLyY/FSh2QrnE+fiB7vmWU3XNcb6A==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "node_modules/@types/http-proxy": {
       "version": "1.17.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.17.11.tgz",
@@ -39,15 +32,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-18.16.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-OPs5WnnT1xkCBiuQrZA4+YAV4HEJejmHneyraIaxsbev5yCEr6KMwINNFP9wQeFIw8FWcoTqF3vQsa5CDaI+8Q=="
     },
-    "node_modules/@types/yauzl": {
-      "version": "2.10.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.10.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Cn6WYCm0tXv8p6k+A8PvbDG763EDpBoTzHdA+Q/MF6H3sapGjCm9NzoaJncJS9tUKSuCoDs9XHxYYsQDgxR6kw==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@types/node": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/abbrev": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -66,41 +50,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/agent-base": {
-      "version": "6.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-6.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RZNwNclF7+MS/8bDg70amg32dyeZGZxiDuQmZxKLAlQjr3jGyLx+4Kkk58UO7D2QdgFIQCovuSuZESne6RG6XQ==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "debug": "4"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6.0.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/agent-base/node_modules/debug": {
-      "version": "4.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ms": "2.1.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "supports-color": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/agent-base/node_modules/ms": {
-      "version": "2.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "node_modules/anymatch": {
       "version": "3.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/anymatch/-/anymatch-3.1.3.tgz",
@@ -119,34 +68,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/array-flatten/-/array-flatten-1.1.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-PCVAQswWemu6UdxsDFFX/+gVeYqKAod3D3UVm91jHwynguOwAvYPhx8nNlM++NqRcK6CxxpUafjmhIdKiHibqg=="
     },
-    "node_modules/asn1.js": {
-      "version": "5.4.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asn1.js/-/asn1.js-5.4.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+I//4cYPccV8LdmBLiX8CYvf9Sp3vQsrqu2QNXRcrbiWvcx/UdlFiqUJJzxRQxgsZmvhXhn4cSKeSmoFjVdupA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "bn.js": "^4.0.0",
-        "inherits": "^2.0.1",
-        "minimalistic-assert": "^1.0.0",
-        "safer-buffer": "^2.1.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/asynckit": {
-      "version": "0.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asynckit/-/asynckit-0.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Oei9OH4tRh0YqU3GxhX79dM/mwVgvbZJaSNaRk+bshkj0S5cfHcgYakreBjrHwatXKbz+IoIdYLxrKim2MjW0Q==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
-    "node_modules/axios": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-S4XCWMEmzvo64T9GfvQDOXgYRDJ/wsSZc7Jvdgx5u1sd0JwsuPLqb3SYmusag+edF6ziyMensPVqLTSc1PiSEA==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "follow-redirects": "^1.15.0",
-        "form-data": "^4.0.0",
-        "proxy-from-env": "^1.1.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/balanced-match": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -178,11 +99,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/bn.js": {
-      "version": "4.12.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.12.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c98Bf3tPniI+scsdk237ku1Dc3ujXQTSgyiPUDEOe7tRkhrqridvh8klBv0HCEso1OLOYcHuCv/cS6DNxKH+ZA=="
-    },
     "node_modules/body-parser": {
       "version": "1.20.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.1.tgz",
@@ -227,20 +143,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/brorand": {
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brorand/-/brorand-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-cKV8tMCEpQs4hK/ik71d6LrPOnpkpGBR0wzxqr68g2m/LB2GxVYQroAjMJZRVM1Y4BCjCKc3vAamxSzOY2RP+w=="
-    },
-    "node_modules/buffer-crc32": {
-      "version": "0.2.13",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-crc32/-/buffer-crc32-0.2.13.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-VO9Ht/+p3SN7SKWqcrgEzjGbRSJYTx+Q1pTQC0wrWqHx0vpJraQ6GtHx8tvcg1rlK1byhU5gccxgOgj7B0TDkQ==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/bytes": {
       "version": "3.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bytes/-/bytes-3.1.2.tgz",
@@ -288,46 +190,6 @@
         "fsevents": "~2.3.2"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/chromedriver": {
-      "version": "112.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chromedriver/-/chromedriver-112.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ieQzvellbtPY4MUrFzzayC1bZa/HoBsGXejUQJhAPWcYALxtkjUZNUYWbojMjIzf8iIhVda9VvdXiRKqdlN7ow==",
-      "hasInstallScript": true,
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@testim/chrome-version": "^1.1.3",
-        "axios": "^1.2.1",
-        "compare-versions": "^5.0.1",
-        "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
-        "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
-        "proxy-from-env": "^1.1.0",
-        "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.1"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "chromedriver": "bin/chromedriver"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/combined-stream": {
-      "version": "1.0.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/combined-stream/-/combined-stream-1.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FQN4MRfuJeHf7cBbBMJFXhKSDq+2kAArBlmRBvcvFE5BB1HZKXtSFASDhdlz9zOYwxh8lDdnvmMOe/+5cdoEdg==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "delayed-stream": "~1.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.8"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/compare-versions": {
-      "version": "5.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compare-versions/-/compare-versions-5.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4UZlZP8Z99MGEY+Ovg/uJxJuvoXuN4M6B3hKaiackiHrgzQFEe3diJi1mf1PNHbFujM7FvLrK2bpgIaImbtZ1A==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "node_modules/concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
@@ -374,21 +236,6 @@
         "ms": "2.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/deep-is": {
-      "version": "0.1.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deep-is/-/deep-is-0.1.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oIPzksmTg4/MriiaYGO+okXDT7ztn/w3Eptv/+gSIdMdKsJo0u4CfYNFJPy+4SKMuCqGw2wxnA+URMg3t8a/bQ==",
-      "optional": true
-    },
-    "node_modules/delayed-stream": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/delayed-stream/-/delayed-stream-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ZySD7Nf91aLB0RxL4KGrKHBXl7Eds1DAmEdcoVawXnLD7SDhpNgtuII2aAkg7a7QS41jxPSZ17p4VdGnMHk3MQ==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.4.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/depd": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/depd/-/depd-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -411,20 +258,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ee-first/-/ee-first-1.1.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-WMwm9LhRUo+WUaRN+vRuETqG89IgZphVSNkdFgeb6sS/E4OrDIN7t48CAewSHXc6C8lefD8KKfr5vY61brQlow=="
     },
-    "node_modules/elliptic": {
-      "version": "6.5.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/elliptic/-/elliptic-6.5.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iLhC6ULemrljPZb+QutR5TQGB+pdW6KGD5RSegS+8sorOZT+rdQFbsQFJgvN3eRqNALqJer4oQ16YvJHlU8hzQ==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "bn.js": "^4.11.9",
-        "brorand": "^1.1.0",
-        "hash.js": "^1.0.0",
-        "hmac-drbg": "^1.0.1",
-        "inherits": "^2.0.4",
-        "minimalistic-assert": "^1.0.1",
-        "minimalistic-crypto-utils": "^1.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/encodeurl": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -433,15 +266,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/end-of-stream": {
-      "version": "1.4.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/end-of-stream/-/end-of-stream-1.4.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+uw1inIHVPQoaVuHzRyXd21icM+cnt4CzD5rW+NC1wjOUSTOs+Te7FOv7AhN7vS9x/oIyhLP5PR1H+phQAHu5Q==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "once": "^1.4.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/escape-html": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-html/-/escape-html-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -532,58 +356,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/extract-zip": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extract-zip/-/extract-zip-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-GDhU9ntwuKyGXdZBUgTIe+vXnWj0fppUEtMDL0+idd5Sta8TGpHssn/eusA9mrPr9qNDym6SxAYZjNvCn/9RBg==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "debug": "^4.1.1",
-        "get-stream": "^5.1.0",
-        "yauzl": "^2.10.0"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "extract-zip": "cli.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10.17.0"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "@types/yauzl": "^2.9.1"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/extract-zip/node_modules/debug": {
-      "version": "4.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==",
-      "optional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ms": "2.1.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "supports-color": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/extract-zip/node_modules/ms": {
-      "version": "2.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==",
-      "optional": true
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