diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 357e01483..2317715ec 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ updates.pin = [
 # the play-json library 3 is not compatible with version 2
   { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-json", version = "2.10.3" },
   { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-json-joda", version = "2.10.3" },
+
+ # Pin Play framework to 2.9 until we've migrated the code from Akka to Pekko
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "sbt-plugin", version = "2.9.1" },
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c58907c68..61a4baa90 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ val jacksonDatabind: String = "2.16.1"
 val jacksonCbor: String = "2.16.1"
 val jacksonScalaModule: String = "2.16.1"
 val simpleConfigurationVersion: String = "1.5.7"
-val googleOAuthClient: String = "1.34.1"
-val nettyVersion: String = "4.1.105.Final"
+val googleOAuthClient: String = "1.35.0"
+val nettyVersion: String = "4.1.106.Final"
 val slf4jVersion: String = "1.7.36"
 val logbackVersion: String = "1.4.14"
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ lazy val football = lambda("football", "football")
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "org.scanamo" %% "scanamo" % "1.0.0-M12-1",
       "org.scanamo" %% "scanamo-testkit" % "1.0.0-M12-1" % "test",
-      "com.gu" %% "content-api-client-default" % "20.0.0",
+      "com.gu" %% "content-api-client-default" % "20.0.1",
       "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-dynamodb" % awsSdkVersion,
       "com.gu" %% "pa-client" % paClientVersion,
       "com.squareup.okhttp3" % "okhttp" % okHttpVersion,
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 41e884b1c..c555567e7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.localytics" % "sbt-dynamodb" % "2.0.3")
 
 libraryDependencies += "org.vafer" % "jdeb" % "1.10" artifacts (Artifact("jdeb", "jar", "jar"))
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.3.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.4.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.foundweekends" % "sbt-bintray" % "0.6.1")