diff --git a/packages/app/package.json b/packages/app/package.json
index 21626fbec..3158b1893 100644
--- a/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/packages/app/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@rnx-kit/react-native-host": "^0.5.15",
     "@rnx-kit/tools-react-native": "^2.1.0",
-    "ajv": "^8.0.0",
+    "ajv": "^8.18.0",
     "cliui": "^8.0.0",
     "fast-xml-parser": "^5.3.4",
     "prompts": "^2.4.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7788898ad..aed84b81a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4962,6 +4962,18 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"ajv@npm:^8.18.0":
+  version: 8.18.0
+  resolution: "ajv@npm:8.18.0"
+  dependencies:
+    fast-deep-equal: "npm:^3.1.3"
+    fast-uri: "npm:^3.0.1"
+    json-schema-traverse: "npm:^1.0.0"
+    require-from-string: "npm:^2.0.2"
+  checksum: 10c0/e7517c426173513a07391be951879932bdf3348feaebd2199f5b901c20f99d60db8cd1591502d4d551dc82f594e82a05c4fe1c70139b15b8937f7afeaed9532f
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "anser@npm:^1.4.9":
   version: 1.4.10
   resolution: "anser@npm:1.4.10"
@@ -12352,7 +12364,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/react": "npm:~19.1.0"
     "@types/semver": "npm:^7.3.6"
     "@typescript/native-preview": "npm:^7.0.0-0"
-    ajv: "npm:^8.0.0"
+    ajv: "npm:^8.18.0"
     cliui: "npm:^8.0.0"
     eslint: "npm:^9.12.0"
     eslint-plugin-wdio: "npm:^9.0.0"