diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 65e8f217a..378589967 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ executors:
       BASH_ENV: /etc/profile ## Ref: https://circleci.com/docs/env-vars/#alpine-linux
       NVM_ARCH_UNOFFICIAL_OVERRIDE: x64-musl ## Ref: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/issues/1102#issuecomment-550572252
     docker:
-      - image: node:lts-alpine # Ref: https://hub.docker.com/_/node?tab=tags&page=1&name=alpine
+      - image: node:18-alpine3.19 # Ref: https://hub.docker.com/_/node?tab=tags&page=1&name=alpine
 
   default-machine:
     working_directory: *WORKING_DIR
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ae5810052..06769f3b0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
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       "devDependencies": {
         "async-retry": "1.3.3",
-        "audit-ci": "^6.6.1",
+        "audit-ci": "^7.0.1",
         "get-port": "5.1.1",
         "jsdoc": "4.0.3",
         "jsonpath": "1.1.1",
@@ -2979,25 +2979,26 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/audit-ci": {
-      "version": "6.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/audit-ci/-/audit-ci-6.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zqZEoYfEC4QwX5yBkDNa0h7YhZC63HWtKtP19BVq+RS0dxRBInfmHogxe4VUeOzoADQjuTLZUI7zp3Pjyl+a5g==",
+      "version": "7.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/audit-ci/-/audit-ci-7.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NAZuQYyZHmtrNGpS4qfUp8nFvB+6UdfSOg7NUcsyvuDVfulXH3lpnN2PcXOUj7Jr3epAoQ6BCpXmjMODC8SBgQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
         "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
         "event-stream": "4.0.1",
         "jju": "^1.4.0",
-        "JSONStream": "^1.3.5",
+        "jsonstream-next": "^3.0.0",
         "readline-transform": "1.0.0",
         "semver": "^7.0.0",
+        "tslib": "^2.0.0",
         "yargs": "^17.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "audit-ci": "dist/bin.js"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12.9.0"
+        "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/available-typed-arrays": {
@@ -8309,10 +8310,22 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/ip": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lJUL9imLTNi1ZfXT+DU6rBBdbiKGBuay9B6xGSPVjUeQwaH1RIGqef8RZkUtHioLmSNpPR5M4HVKJGm1j8FWVQ=="
+    "node_modules/ip-address": {
+      "version": "9.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip-address/-/ip-address-9.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zHtQzGojZXTwZTHQqra+ETKd4Sn3vgi7uBmlPoXVWZqYvuKmtI0l/VZTjqGmJY9x88GGOaZ9+G9ES8hC4T4X8g==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "jsbn": "1.1.0",
+        "sprintf-js": "^1.1.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 12"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/ip-address/node_modules/sprintf-js": {
+      "version": "1.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Oo+0REFV59/rz3gfJNKQiBlwfHaSESl1pcGyABQsnnIfWOFt6JNj5gCog2U6MLZ//IGYD+nA8nI+mTShREReaA=="
     },
     "node_modules/ipaddr.js": {
       "version": "1.9.1",
@@ -9119,6 +9132,11 @@
         "xmlcreate": "^2.0.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsbn": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsbn/-/jsbn-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4bYVV3aAMtDTTu4+xsDYa6sy9GyJ69/amsu9sYF2zqjiEoZA5xJi3BrfX3uY+/IekIu7MwdObdbDWpoZdBv3/A=="
+    },
     "node_modules/jsdoc": {
       "version": "4.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdoc/-/jsdoc-4.0.3.tgz",
@@ -9304,6 +9322,22 @@
         "node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsonstream-next": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonstream-next/-/jsonstream-next-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aAi6oPhdt7BKyQn1SrIIGZBt0ukKuOUE1qV6kJ3GgioSOYzsRc8z9Hfr1BVmacA/jLe9nARfmgMGgn68BqIAgg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "jsonparse": "^1.2.0",
+        "through2": "^4.0.2"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "jsonstream-next": "bin.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jsonwebtoken": {
       "version": "9.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-9.0.2.tgz",
@@ -14734,15 +14768,15 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/socks": {
-      "version": "2.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/socks/-/socks-2.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7maUZy1N7uo6+WVEX6psASxtNlKaNVMlGQKkG/63nEDdLOWNbiUMoLK7X4uYoLhQstau72mLgfEWcXcwsaHbYQ==",
+      "version": "2.8.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/socks/-/socks-2.8.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-l5x7VUUWbjVFbafGLxPWkYsHIhEvmF85tbIeFZWc8ZPtoMyybuEhL7Jye/ooC4/d48FgOjSJXgsF/AJPYCW8Zw==",
       "dependencies": {
-        "ip": "^2.0.0",
+        "ip-address": "^9.0.5",
         "smart-buffer": "^4.2.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10.13.0",
+        "node": ">= 10.0.0",
         "npm": ">= 3.0.0"
       }
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbc85a26a..29989b702 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "async-retry": "1.3.3",
-    "audit-ci": "^6.6.1",
+    "audit-ci": "^7.0.1",
     "get-port": "5.1.1",
     "jsdoc": "4.0.3",
     "jsonpath": "1.1.1",