diff --git a/examples/app/package.json b/examples/app/package.json
index f14cad3f15..e375163c6a 100644
--- a/examples/app/package.json
+++ b/examples/app/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
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     "@types/node": "22.8.4",
-    "aws-cdk": "^2.162.1",
-    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.162.1",
+    "aws-cdk": "^2.165.0",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.165.0",
     "constructs": "^10.4.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
     "tsx": "^4.19.2",
diff --git a/layers/package.json b/layers/package.json
index dfb4e75318..34b1f289dd 100644
--- a/layers/package.json
+++ b/layers/package.json
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
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   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "aws-cdk": "^2.162.1",
-    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.162.1",
+    "aws-cdk": "^2.165.0",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.165.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.24.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1aac0397f1..ee860e5b3c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
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-        "aws-cdk": "^2.162.1",
-        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.162.1",
+        "aws-cdk": "^2.165.0",
+        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.165.0",
         "constructs": "^10.4.2",
         "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
         "tsx": "^4.19.2",
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
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       "license": "MIT-0",
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-        "aws-cdk": "^2.162.1",
-        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.162.1",
+        "aws-cdk": "^2.165.0",
+        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.165.0",
         "esbuild": "^0.24.0"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/asset-awscli-v1/-/asset-awscli-v1-2.2.202.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/asset-awscli-v1/-/asset-awscli-v1-2.2.209.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tL7aBDzx/QBuZoQso9OST2BMCoev89v01iQZicOKlR0J6vWQLPiqZfn4vd9nissFbM4X+xIwi3UKasPBTQL0WQ=="
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     "node_modules/@aws-cdk/asset-kubectl-v20": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/asset-kubectl-v20/-/asset-kubectl-v20-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3M2tELJOxQv0apCIiuKQ4pAbncz9GuLwnKFqxifWfe77wuMxyTRPmxssYHs42ePqzap1LT6GDcPygGs+hHstLg=="
+      "version": "2.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/asset-kubectl-v20/-/asset-kubectl-v20-2.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cDG1w3ieM6eOT9mTefRuTypk95+oyD7P5X/wRltwmYxU7nZc3+076YEVS6vrjDKr3ADYbfn0lDKpfB1FBtO9CQ=="
     },
     "node_modules/@aws-cdk/asset-node-proxy-agent-v6": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
@@ -5939,9 +5939,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-cdk-lib/-/aws-cdk-lib-2.162.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XiZLVE5ISNajNNmLye8l5w4EGqm6/d8C8shw63QwxaRVYdHl5e+EAaUEmZJpWc4sYtY/sS+GHOfhoKFLjha2rg==",
+      "version": "2.165.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-cdk-lib/-/aws-cdk-lib-2.165.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jCIUcaNDhAO/Yxik29L2LJiXkZImbEOlw/dWwhlcIx1eJyxUW+IWuMbGjXEMg8/QH56FBA5TLkZpTTsRstHS/Q==",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@balena/dockerignore",
         "case",
@@ -5956,10 +5956,10 @@
         "mime-types"
       ],
       "dependencies": {
-        "@aws-cdk/asset-awscli-v1": "^2.2.202",
-        "@aws-cdk/asset-kubectl-v20": "^2.1.2",
+        "@aws-cdk/asset-awscli-v1": "^2.2.208",
+        "@aws-cdk/asset-kubectl-v20": "^2.1.3",
         "@aws-cdk/asset-node-proxy-agent-v6": "^2.1.0",
-        "@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema": "^38.0.0",
+        "@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema": "^38.0.1",
         "@balena/dockerignore": "^1.0.2",
         "case": "1.6.3",
         "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
@@ -6083,9 +6083,9 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/aws-cdk-lib/node_modules/fast-uri": {
-      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "version": "3.0.3",
       "inBundle": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
     },
     "node_modules/aws-cdk-lib/node_modules/fs-extra": {
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@@ -17925,7 +17925,7 @@
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         "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "^3.675.0",
         "@smithy/util-utf8": "^3.0.0",
-        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.162.1",
+        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.165.0",
         "esbuild": "^0.24.0",
         "promise-retry": "^2.0.1"
       },
diff --git a/packages/testing/package.json b/packages/testing/package.json
index f731b78603..35721b5458 100644
--- a/packages/testing/package.json
+++ b/packages/testing/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
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     "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "^3.675.0",
     "@smithy/util-utf8": "^3.0.0",
-    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.162.1",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.165.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.24.0",
     "promise-retry": "^2.0.1"
   },