diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90946439839f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.25.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - jest > @jest/core > @jest/transform > @babel/core > @babel/helpers > @babel/traverse > @babel/generator > lodash:
+        patched: '2025-03-17T04:16:15.462Z'
+        id: SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746
+        path: >-
+          jest > @jest/core > @jest/transform > @babel/core > @babel/helpers >
+          @babel/traverse > @babel/generator > lodash
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbc0fa04e0bb..2918acdb43b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   },
   "license": "(MIT AND CC-BY-4.0)",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "^7.8.3",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.26.10",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.11.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.8.4",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.11.2",
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.0",
     "walk-sync": "^1.1.4",
     "webpack": "^5.0.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12"
+    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12",
+    "@snyk/protect": "latest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ajv": "^6.11.0",
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@
     "husky": "^4.2.1",
     "image-size": "^0.7.4",
     "japanese-characters": "^1.1.0",
-    "jest": "^26.0.1",
+    "jest": "^28.0.0",
     "jest-expect-message": "^1.0.2",
     "jest-github-actions-reporter": "^1.0.2",
     "jest-puppeteer": "^4.4.0",
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
     "revalidator": "^0.3.1",
     "robots-parser": "^2.1.1",
     "standard": "^14.3.1",
-    "start-server-and-test": "^1.11.3",
+    "start-server-and-test": "^2.0.11",
     "supertest": "^4.0.2",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.7.2",
     "website-scraper": "^4.2.0"
@@ -139,7 +140,9 @@
     "check-deps": "node script/check-deps.js",
     "prevent-pushes-to-main": "node script/prevent-pushes-to-main.js",
     "pa11y-ci": "pa11y-ci",
-    "pa11y-test": "start-server-and-test browser-test-server 4001 pa11y-ci"
+    "pa11y-test": "start-server-and-test browser-test-server 4001 pa11y-ci",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk-protect"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "12 - 14"
@@ -157,5 +160,6 @@
       "pre-commit": "node script/prevent-translation-commits.js",
       "pre-push": "npm run prevent-pushes-to-main"
     }
-  }
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }