diff --git a/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/pom.xml b/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/pom.xml
index fe51b769c..56690da89 100644
--- a/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <cdk.version>2.190.0</cdk.version>
+        <cdk.version>2.225.0</cdk.version>
         <junit.version>5.13.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/src/main/java/com/unicorn/UnicornStoreApp.java b/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/src/main/java/com/unicorn/UnicornStoreApp.java
index fe38c4cd4..4504691b9 100644
--- a/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/src/main/java/com/unicorn/UnicornStoreApp.java
+++ b/labs/unicorn-store/infrastructure/cdk/src/main/java/com/unicorn/UnicornStoreApp.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) {
                 new NagPackSuppression.Builder().id("AwsSolutions-APIG3").reason("Workshop API Gateways do not need AWS WAF assigned").build(),
                 new NagPackSuppression.Builder().id("AwsSolutions-EC23").reason("Not needed").build(),
                 new NagPackSuppression.Builder().id("AwsSolutions-RDS13").reason("Workshop Database does not need backups").build(),
-                new NagPackSuppression.Builder().id("CdkNagValidationFailure").reason("Suppress warnings see: https://github.com/cdklabs/cdk-nag/issues/817").build()
+                new NagPackSuppression.Builder().id("CdkNagValidationFailure").reason("Suppress warnings see: https://github.com/cdklabs/cdk-nag/issues/817").build(),
+                new NagPackSuppression.Builder().id("AwsSolutions-L1").reason("Workshop not upgraded to Java 25 yet").build()
         );
 
         NagSuppressions.addStackSuppressions(infrastructureStack, suppression);