diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index a0555749b..16af2491c 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dex2jar = "v64" # Stuck until https://github.com/ThexXTURBOXx/dex2jar/issues/27
 polyglot = "24.2.1"
 settings = "1.3.0"
 twelvemonkeys = "3.12.0"
-graphqlkotlin = "8.8.0"
+graphqlkotlin = "8.8.1"
 xmlserialization = "0.91.1"
 ktlint = "1.6.0"
 koin = "4.1.0"
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ jackson-annotations = { module = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations
 # GraphQL
 graphql-kotlin-server = { module = "com.expediagroup:graphql-kotlin-server", version.ref = "graphqlkotlin" }
 graphql-kotlin-scheme = { module = "com.expediagroup:graphql-kotlin-schema-generator", version.ref = "graphqlkotlin" }
-graphql-java-core = "com.graphql-java:graphql-java:22.4" # Major version locked by graphql-kotlin
 graphql-java-scalars = "com.graphql-java:graphql-java-extended-scalars:22.0"
 
 # Exposed ORM
diff --git a/server/build.gradle.kts b/server/build.gradle.kts
index 15b27acf4..d463091a7 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ dependencies {
     // GraphQL
     implementation(libs.graphql.kotlin.server)
     implementation(libs.graphql.kotlin.scheme)
-    implementation(libs.graphql.java.core)
     implementation(libs.graphql.java.scalars)
 
     // Exposed ORM