diff --git a/backend/deps.edn b/backend/deps.edn
index 46b1b426ba..5659d1a62c 100644
--- a/backend/deps.edn
+++ b/backend/deps.edn
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   "jcenter" {:url "https://jcenter.bintray.com/"}}
  :deps
  {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
-  org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.773"}
-  org.clojure/data.json {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
+  org.clojure/data.json {:mvn/version "2.2.1"}
   org.clojure/core.async {:mvn/version "1.3.610"}
   org.clojure/tools.cli {:mvn/version "1.0.206"}
+  org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.844"}
 
   ;; Logging
   org.clojure/tools.logging {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   org.zeromq/jeromq {:mvn/version "0.5.2"}
 
   com.taoensso/nippy {:mvn/version "3.1.1"}
-  com.github.luben/zstd-jni {:mvn/version "1.4.9-1"}
+  com.github.luben/zstd-jni {:mvn/version "1.4.9-5"}
 
   ;; NOTE: don't upgrade to latest version, breaking change is
   ;; introduced on 0.10.0 that suffixes counters with _total if they
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
   expound/expound {:mvn/version "0.8.9"}
   com.cognitect/transit-clj {:mvn/version "1.0.324"}
 
-  io.lettuce/lettuce-core {:mvn/version "6.0.2.RELEASE"}
+  io.lettuce/lettuce-core {:mvn/version "6.1.1.RELEASE"}
   java-http-clj/java-http-clj {:mvn/version "0.4.2"}
 
-  info.sunng/ring-jetty9-adapter {:mvn/version "0.15.0"}
+  info.sunng/ring-jetty9-adapter {:mvn/version "0.15.1"}
   com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc {:mvn/version "1.1.646"}
   metosin/reitit-ring {:mvn/version "0.5.12"}
   metosin/jsonista {:mvn/version "0.3.1"}
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
   org.im4java/im4java {:mvn/version "1.4.0"}
   org.lz4/lz4-java {:mvn/version "1.7.1"}
   commons-io/commons-io {:mvn/version "2.8.0"}
-  com.sun.mail/jakarta.mail {:mvn/version "2.0.0"}
+  com.sun.mail/jakarta.mail {:mvn/version "2.0.1"}
 
   org.clojars.pntblnk/clj-ldap {:mvn/version "0.0.17"}
   integrant/integrant {:mvn/version "0.8.0"}
 
-  software.amazon.awssdk/s3 {:mvn/version "2.16.19"}
+  software.amazon.awssdk/s3 {:mvn/version "2.16.44"}
 
   ;; exception printing
   io.aviso/pretty {:mvn/version "0.1.37"}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
    :main-opts ["-m" "kaocha.runner"]}
 
   :outdated
-  {:extra-deps {com.github.liquidz/antq {:mvn/version "0.12.0"}}
+  {:extra-deps {com.github.liquidz/antq {:mvn/version "RELEASE"}}
    :main-opts ["-m" "antq.core"]}
 
   :jmx-remote
diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/assets.clj b/backend/src/app/http/assets.clj
index e6e815c21b..678c4bdddd 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http/assets.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/assets.clj
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
   (:require
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.spec :as us]
+   [app.common.uri :as u]
    [app.db :as db]
    [app.metrics :as mtx]
    [app.storage :as sto]
    [app.util.time :as dt]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
-   [integrant.core :as ig]
-   [lambdaisland.uri :as u]))
+   [integrant.core :as ig]))
 
 (def ^:private cache-max-age
   (dt/duration {:hours 24}))
diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/oauth.clj b/backend/src/app/http/oauth.clj
index fd1b3241ec..60e0a90c88 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http/oauth.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/oauth.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   (:require
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.spec :as us]
+   [app.common.uri :as u]
    [app.config :as cf]
    [app.util.http :as http]
    [app.util.logging :as l]
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@
    [clojure.set :as set]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
-   [integrant.core :as ig]
-   [lambdaisland.uri :as u]))
+   [integrant.core :as ig]))
 
 (defn redirect-response
   [uri]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/storage/fs.clj b/backend/src/app/storage/fs.clj
index 88ae8510bc..4f9d059693 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/storage/fs.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/storage/fs.clj
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
   (:require
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.spec :as us]
+   [app.common.uri :as u]
    [app.storage.impl :as impl]
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
    [datoteka.core :as fs]
-   [integrant.core :as ig]
-   [lambdaisland.uri :as u])
+   [integrant.core :as ig])
   (:import
    java.io.InputStream
    java.io.OutputStream
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
              :uri (u/uri (str "file://" dir))))))
 
 (s/def ::type ::us/keyword)
-(s/def ::uri #(instance? lambdaisland.uri.URI %))
+(s/def ::uri u/uri?)
 (s/def ::backend
   (s/keys :req-un [::type ::directory ::uri]))
 
diff --git a/backend/src/app/storage/s3.clj b/backend/src/app/storage/s3.clj
index d3adcff0fe..da7928bdff 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/storage/s3.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/storage/s3.clj
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
    [app.common.data :as d]
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.spec :as us]
+   [app.common.uri :as u]
    [app.storage.impl :as impl]
    [app.util.time :as dt]
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
-   [integrant.core :as ig]
-   [lambdaisland.uri :as u])
+   [integrant.core :as ig])
   (:import
    java.time.Duration
    java.util.Collection
diff --git a/common/app/common/uri.cljc b/common/app/common/uri.cljc
index 45bb2cb61f..d381ee7b0a 100644
--- a/common/app/common/uri.cljc
+++ b/common/app/common/uri.cljc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ;; Copyright (c) UXBOX Labs SL
 
 (ns app.common.uri
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [uri?])
   (:require
    [app.common.data :as d]
    [lambdaisland.uri :as u]
@@ -12,8 +13,13 @@
 
 (d/export u/uri)
 (d/export u/join)
+(d/export u/query-encode)
 (d/export un/percent-encode)
 
+(defn uri?
+  [o]
+  (instance? lambdaisland.uri.URI o))
+
 (defn query-string->map
   [s]
   (u/query-string->map s))