diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5eec18a4..55190f12 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -887,14 +887,14 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deepmerge"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "3.0"
 description = "A toolset for deeply merging Python dictionaries."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 groups = ["main", "integration"]
 files = [
-    {file = "deepmerge-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8f148339a91d680a75ecb74ade235d9e759a93df373a0b04e9d31c8666cfeb75"},
-    {file = "deepmerge-2.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:07ca7a7b8935df596c512fa8161877c0487ac61f691c07766e7d71d2b23bdd2f"},
+    {file = "deepmerge-3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c8541c3e186dc88d19a5513ad3a0b2d0b22beaa780969fc0c13b995a64265365"},
+    {file = "deepmerge-3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:14ed69f063de64b7743985c732ccff5d6c34ff4560946e7fbfd99086b853b9ce"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -1688,14 +1688,14 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mongo-charms-single-kernel"
-version = "1.8.55"
+version = "1.8.56"
 description = "Shared and reusable code for Mongo-related charms"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.12"
 groups = ["main", "integration"]
 files = [
-    {file = "mongo_charms_single_kernel-1.8.55-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ef9cc405d31d188ebcb18194e0e489888e6f5f4323fd6cd366112f092f21d285"},
-    {file = "mongo_charms_single_kernel-1.8.55.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1071de62b9292ddd140aa79408d9a7efc9ab18e085b20977e37b7519ebb2ff98"},
+    {file = "mongo_charms_single_kernel-1.8.56-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d498250b64d7ef691667a1d9e1bc28e914446b4ec44b064a7f1809fba196c25d"},
+    {file = "mongo_charms_single_kernel-1.8.56.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b740cffb3e31d9f72eb12ef652c238bbb1a116ebe571237662da491612cf69e2"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2568,14 +2568,14 @@ six = ">=1.5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dotenv"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2.3"
 description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
 groups = ["main", "integration"]
 files = [
-    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1d8214789a24de455a8b8bd8ae6fe3c6b69a5e3d64aa8a8e5d68e694bbcb285a"},
-    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2c371a91fbd7ba082c2c1dc1f8bf89ca22564a087c2c287cd9b662adde799cf3"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:904552145e8bfed22162c09dab1c2b9b54fefa7b23ba780f4f26ca0316b0f0d9"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a20a594dabeaa385725aa239d5244871c143ecb356add8a20fcf23773a6c3a35"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -3404,4 +3404,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.12.0"
-content-hash = "a5f5d4c4cb07ec01587f0c804db582159f16158c99d8c8812876ffc3edd8357b"
+content-hash = "a4de5b5b0f83686fb56d6722b3f9aabc3a61323487f42d655e86d436506eec7e"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 88446139..2b7bfd2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pure-sasl = ">=0.6.2"
 poetry-core = "^2.0"
 rpds-py = "0.18.0"
 lightkube = "^0.15.3"
-mongo-charms-single-kernel = "1.8.55"
+mongo-charms-single-kernel = "1.8.56"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.charm-libs.dependencies]
 ops = ">=2.21"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ juju = "^3.5.0"
 pytest = "^8.1.1"
 pytest-asyncio ="^0.21.1"
 pytest-operator = "^0.34.0"
-mongo-charms-single-kernel = "1.8.55"
+mongo-charms-single-kernel = "1.8.56"
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"