diff --git a/examples/app/package.json b/examples/app/package.json
index 2dcecc8e8a..ca26b66406 100644
--- a/examples/app/package.json
+++ b/examples/app/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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     "@types/node": "22.13.4",
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     "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
     "tsx": "^4.19.3",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
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-    "aws-cdk": "^2.178.2",
+    "aws-cdk": "^2.1000.2",
     "constructs": "^10.4.2",
     "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
     "typescript": "^5.7.3"
diff --git a/layers/package.json b/layers/package.json
index 19097b5db1..77c16f3583 100644
--- a/layers/package.json
+++ b/layers/package.json
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
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-    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.178.2",
+    "aws-cdk": "^2.1000.2",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.179.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
     "tsx": "^4.19.3"
   }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c985337017..01f9c93900 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
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+        "aws-cdk": "^2.1000.2",
         "constructs": "^10.4.2",
         "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
         "typescript": "^5.7.3"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
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+        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.179.0",
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         "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
         "tsx": "^4.19.3",
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-        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.178.2",
+        "aws-cdk": "^2.1000.2",
+        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.179.0",
         "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
         "tsx": "^4.19.3"
       },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-cdk/asset-node-proxy-agent-v6/-/asset-node-proxy-agent-v6-2.1.0.tgz",
@@ -4850,24 +4845,24 @@
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       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "bin": {
         "cdk": "bin/cdk"
       },
       "engines": {
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+        "node": ">= 16.0.0"
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       }
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     "node_modules/aws-cdk-lib": {
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-      "integrity": "sha512-8UZFzQMlP0exyfddQZrle5dAW+oahlUHKMnBTvnPT1zQNT1KkSnwL9ObthoV0tl+cllIyd1tbz2sOsKVf7qgtw==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-cdk-lib/-/aws-cdk-lib-2.179.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fwkoEzvh3TXYj+GPkyq/GSQt63JJV1dBgDKwr3xRdb8lQaPntSclmisa+ARO8tjPfkru1NqxAFQTtiqtAE83cA==",
       "bundleDependencies": [
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         "case",
@@ -4884,7 +4879,6 @@
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         "@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema": "^39.2.0",
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@@ -15387,7 +15381,7 @@
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-        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.178.2",
+        "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.179.0",
         "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
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       },
diff --git a/packages/testing/package.json b/packages/testing/package.json
index 89da481442..9f64c60653 100644
--- a/packages/testing/package.json
+++ b/packages/testing/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
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-    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.178.2",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.179.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
     "promise-retry": "^2.0.1"
   },