diff --git a/dependencies/phoebus-target/.classpath b/dependencies/phoebus-target/.classpath
index e668d5c0c4..f514b93dab 100644
--- a/dependencies/phoebus-target/.classpath
+++ b/dependencies/phoebus-target/.classpath
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/junit-jupiter-params-5.8.2.jar"/>
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/junit-platform-commons-1.8.2.jar"/>
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/junit-platform-engine-1.8.2.jar"/>
-    <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/jython-standalone-2.7.3.jar"/>
+    <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/jython-standalone-2.7.4b1.jar"/>
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/jzlib-1.1.3.jar"/>
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/kafka-clients-3.6.1.jar"/>
     <classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="target/lib/kafka-streams-3.6.1.jar"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eeff50dd03..d5199d0a22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <guava.version>33.2.0-jre</guava.version>
     <log4j-to-slf4j.version>2.17.1</log4j-to-slf4j.version>
     <derby.version>10.16.1.1</derby.version>
-    <jython.version>2.7.3</jython.version>
+    <jython.version>2.7.4b1</jython.version>
     <jgit.version>6.9.0.202403050737-r</jgit.version>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <activemq.client.version>5.18.4</activemq.client.version>