diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 67c58ec07..37af34699 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [22.x, 24.x]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [22.x, 24.x]
         hyperscaler: [AWS, AZURE, GCP]
         scanner-auth: [basic, mtls]
     steps:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [22.x, 24.x]
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:14.5
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7bbd54b35..d46ccf6c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,31 +19,22 @@
     "test": "npx jest --silent=true",
     "test:postgres": "CDS_ENV=pg npx jest --silent=true",
     "deploy:postgres": "cd ./tests/incidents-app && cds deploy --profile pg",
-    "prepare": "husky"
+    "prepare": "git config core.hooksPath .husky"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.993.0",
     "@aws-sdk/lib-storage": "^3.993.0",
     "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.31.0",
-    "@google-cloud/storage": "^7.19.0",
-    "axios": "^1.13.5"
+    "@google-cloud/storage": "^7.19.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cap-js/cds-test": ">=0",
-    "@cap-js/cds-types": "^0.17.0",
-    "@cap-js/hana": "^2.7.0",
-    "@cap-js/sqlite": "^2",
-    "@eslint/js": "^10",
-    "eslint": "^10",
-    "express": "^4.18.2",
-    "husky": "^9.1.7"
+    "@cap-js/cds-test": "^1",
+    "@cap-js/hana": ">=2.7",
+    "@cap-js/sqlite": ">=2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@sap/cds": ">=8"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.0.0"
-  },
   "cds": {
     "requires": {
       "malwareScanner": {