diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 642ccdcf9..5c449bddc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ tests-integration/reference-model/Dockerfile
 *Debug.log*
 tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/test-data/.DS_Store
 tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/test-data/business-terms/.DS_Store
+*.DS_Store*
diff --git a/cli2/dependencies.test.ts b/cli2/dependencies.test.ts
index 9350e96e1..5398876d2 100644
--- a/cli2/dependencies.test.ts
+++ b/cli2/dependencies.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe("the dependencies module", () => {
     test("should fail if can't find the file.", () => {
       try {
         dep.LocalFile.parse({
-          projectDir: __dirname,
+          baseDir: __dirname,
           sanitized: "./shouldFail.ir",
         });
       } catch (error) {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("the dependencies module", () => {
       let expectedUrl = new URL(`file://${expectedFile}`);
 
       let { success: urlSuccess, data: urlData } = dep.LocalFile.safeParse({
-        projectDir: __dirname,
+        baseDir: __dirname,
         sanitized: `./${fileName}`,
       });
       expect({ success: urlSuccess, data: urlData }).toStrictEqual({
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe("the dependencies module", () => {
 
       let expectedUrl = new URL(`file://${expectedFile}`);
       let { success: urlSuccess, data: urlData } = dep.LocalFile.safeParse({
-        projectDir: __dirname,
+        baseDir: __dirname,
         sanitized: `../${fileName}`,
       });
       expect({ success: urlSuccess, data: urlData }).toStrictEqual({
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe("the dependencies module", () => {
 
       let expectedUrl = new URL(`file://${expectedFile}`);
       let { success: urlSuccess, data: urlData } = dep.LocalFile.safeParse({
-        projectDir: __dirname,
+        baseDir: __dirname,
         sanitized: `../cli/${fileName}`,
       });
       expect({ success: urlSuccess, data: urlData }).toStrictEqual({
diff --git a/cli2/dependencies.ts b/cli2/dependencies.ts
index df99f2e52..072931c0c 100644
--- a/cli2/dependencies.ts
+++ b/cli2/dependencies.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const FileUrl = z.string().trim().url().transform((val, ctx) => {
 });
 
 type LocalFileRef = {
-  projectDir: string, 
+  baseDir: string,
   original: string,
   fullPath: string,
   url?: URL,
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ type LocalFileRef = {
 }
 
 export const LocalFile = z.object({
-  projectDir: z.string(),
+  baseDir: z.string(),
   sanitized: z.string(),
-}).transform(val => <LocalFileRef>{projectDir:val.projectDir, original: val.sanitized, fullPath: path.resolve(val.projectDir, val.sanitized ) })
+}).transform(val => <LocalFileRef>{ baseDir: val.baseDir, original: val.sanitized, fullPath: path.resolve(val.baseDir, val.sanitized) })
   .transform(ref => <LocalFileRef>({ ...ref, url: new URL(`file://${ref.fullPath}`) }))
   .refine((ref: LocalFileRef) => fs.existsSync(ref.fullPath),
     (ref: LocalFileRef) => {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const IncludeProvided = z.object({
 
 const LocalDependencyProvided = z.object({
   eventKind: z.literal('LocalDependencyProvided'),
-  payload: z.string() 
+  payload: z.string()
 })
 
 const DependencyProvided = z.object({
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export async function loadAllDependencies(config: DependencyConfig) {
   });
 }
 
-const load = (config: DependencyConfig) => function(event: DependencyEvent) {
+const load = (config: DependencyConfig) => function (event: DependencyEvent) {
 
   //TODO: Clear this up
   let source: "dependencies" | "localDependencies" | "includes";
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const load = (config: DependencyConfig) => function(event: DependencyEvent) {
       }
   }
 }
-const loadDependenciesFromString = (config: DependencyConfig) => function(input: string, source: string) {
+const loadDependenciesFromString = (config: DependencyConfig) => function (input: string, source: string) {
   const doWork = async () => {
     let sanitized = input.trim();
     let { success, data } = DataUrl.safeParse(sanitized);
@@ -195,10 +195,19 @@ const loadDependenciesFromString = (config: DependencyConfig) => function(input:
       console.info("Loading url", urlData);
       return fetchUriToJson(urlData);
     }
-    let { success: localFileSuccess, data: localUrlData } = LocalFile.safeParse({projectDir : config.projectDir, sanitized});
+
+    let { success: localFileCWDSuccess, data: localUrlCWDData } = LocalFile.safeParse({ baseDir: process.cwd(), sanitized });
+    if (localFileCWDSuccess && localUrlCWDData !== undefined) {
+
+      console.info("Loading local file url from current working directory ", localUrlCWDData);
+      return fetchUriToJson(localUrlCWDData);
+
+    }
+
+    let { success: localFileSuccess, data: localUrlData } = LocalFile.safeParse({ baseDir: config.projectDir, sanitized });
     if (localFileSuccess && localUrlData !== undefined) {
 
-      console.info("Loading local file url", localUrlData);
+      console.info("Loading local file url from morphir.json directory", localUrlData);
       return fetchUriToJson(localUrlData);
 
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f9578a73f..2122265c5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "": {
       "name": "morphir-elm",
       "version": "2.90.1",
-      "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "ajv": "^8.10.0",
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
         "commander": "^9.0.0",
         "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
         "data-urls": "^5.0.0",
-        "express": "^4.19.2",
+        "express": "^4.21.0",
         "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
         "get-stdin": "^8.0.0",
         "get-uri": "^6.0.3",
@@ -2436,10 +2435,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ml9pReCu3M61kGlqoTm2umSXTlRTuGTx0bfYj+uIUKKYycG5NtSbeetV3faSU6R7ajOPw0g/J1PvK4qNy7s5bA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "1.20.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7rAxByjUMqQ3/bHJy7D6OGXvx/MMc4IqBn/X0fcM1QUcAItpZrBEYhWGem+tzXH90c+G01ypMcYJBO9Y30203g==",
       "dependencies": {
         "bytes": "3.1.2",
         "content-type": "~1.0.5",
@@ -2449,7 +2447,7 @@
         "http-errors": "2.0.0",
         "iconv-lite": "0.4.24",
         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
-        "qs": "6.11.0",
+        "qs": "6.13.0",
         "raw-body": "2.5.2",
         "type-is": "~1.6.18",
         "unpipe": "1.0.0"
@@ -2594,7 +2592,6 @@
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-      "license": "MIT",
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       }
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-      "license": "MIT",
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-      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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       }
@@ -3470,7 +3465,6 @@
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-      "license": "MIT",
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@@ -3479,7 +3473,6 @@
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-      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
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@@ -3595,8 +3588,7 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-WMwm9LhRUo+WUaRN+vRuETqG89IgZphVSNkdFgeb6sS/E4OrDIN7t48CAewSHXc6C8lefD8KKfr5vY61brQlow==",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "integrity": "sha512-WMwm9LhRUo+WUaRN+vRuETqG89IgZphVSNkdFgeb6sS/E4OrDIN7t48CAewSHXc6C8lefD8KKfr5vY61brQlow=="
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     "node_modules/ejs": {
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@@ -3683,10 +3675,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TPJXq8JqFaVYm2CWmPvnP2Iyo4ZSM7/QKcSmuMLDObfpH5fi7RUGmd/rTDf+rut/saiDiQEeVTNgAmJEdAOx0w==",
-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Q0n9HRi4m6JuGIV1eFlmvJB7ZEVxu93IrMyiMsGC0lrMJMWzRgx6WGquyfQgZVb31vhGgXnfmPNNXmxnOkRBrg==",
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@@ -3745,8 +3736,7 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-NiSupZ4OeuGwr68lGIeym/ksIZMJodUGOSCZ/FSnTxcrekbvqrgdUxlJOMpijaKZVjAJrWrGs/6Jy8OMuyj9ow==",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "integrity": "sha512-NiSupZ4OeuGwr68lGIeym/ksIZMJodUGOSCZ/FSnTxcrekbvqrgdUxlJOMpijaKZVjAJrWrGs/6Jy8OMuyj9ow=="
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/etag/-/etag-1.8.1.tgz",
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-      "license": "MIT",
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@@ -3931,37 +3920,36 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.19.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5T6nhjsT+EOMzuck8JjBHARTHfMht0POzlA60WV2pMD3gyXw2LZnZ+ueGdNxG+0calOJcWKbpFcuzLZ91YWq9Q==",
-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "4.21.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.21.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VqcNGcj/Id5ZT1LZ/cfihi3ttTn+NJmkli2eZADigjq29qTlWi/hAQ43t/VLPq8+UX06FCEx3ByOYet6ZFblng==",
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         "array-flatten": "1.1.1",
-        "body-parser": "1.20.2",
+        "body-parser": "1.20.3",
         "content-disposition": "0.5.4",
         "content-type": "~1.0.4",
         "cookie": "0.6.0",
         "cookie-signature": "1.0.6",
         "debug": "2.6.9",
         "depd": "2.0.0",
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
+        "encodeurl": "~2.0.0",
         "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
         "etag": "~1.8.1",
-        "finalhandler": "1.2.0",
+        "finalhandler": "1.3.1",
         "fresh": "0.5.2",
         "http-errors": "2.0.0",
-        "merge-descriptors": "1.0.1",
+        "merge-descriptors": "1.0.3",
         "methods": "~1.1.2",
         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
         "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.7",
+        "path-to-regexp": "0.1.10",
         "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
-        "qs": "6.11.0",
+        "qs": "6.13.0",
         "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
         "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
-        "send": "0.18.0",
-        "serve-static": "1.15.0",
+        "send": "0.19.0",
+        "serve-static": "1.16.2",
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         "statuses": "2.0.1",
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@@ -4173,13 +4161,12 @@
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-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "1.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/-/finalhandler-1.3.1.tgz",
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         "debug": "2.6.9",
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
+        "encodeurl": "~2.0.0",
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         "on-finished": "2.4.1",
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@@ -4371,7 +4358,6 @@
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@@ -5825,7 +5811,6 @@
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@@ -7959,10 +7943,12 @@
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-      "license": "MIT"
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/merge-descriptors/-/merge-descriptors-1.0.3.tgz",
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+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/merge-stream": {
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-      "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
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@@ -8407,8 +8392,7 @@
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+      "integrity": "sha512-Tpp60P6IUJDTuOq/5Z8cdskzJujfwqfOTkrwIwj7IRISpnkJnT6SyJ4PCPnGMoFjC9ddhal5KVIYtAt97ix05A=="
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       "engines": {
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@@ -9079,10 +9060,9 @@
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-      "license": "MIT"
+      "version": "0.1.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7lf7qcQidTku0Gu3YDPc8DJ1q7OOucfa/BSsIwjuh56VU7katFvuM8hULfkwB3Fns/rsVF7PwPKVw1sl5KQS9w=="
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@@ -9297,12 +9277,11 @@
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-      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "version": "6.13.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.13.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+38qI9SOr8tfZ4QmJNplMUxqjbe7LKvvZgWdExBOmd+egZTtjLB67Gu0HRX3u/XOq7UU2Nx6nsjvS16Z9uwfpg==",
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-        "side-channel": "^1.0.4"
+        "side-channel": "^1.0.6"
       },
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@@ -9366,7 +9345,6 @@
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-      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.6"
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@@ -9375,7 +9353,6 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/raw-body/-/raw-body-2.5.2.tgz",
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-      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "bytes": "3.1.2",
         "http-errors": "2.0.0",
@@ -9934,10 +9911,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/send": {
-      "version": "0.18.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/send/-/send-0.18.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qqWzuOjSFOuqPjFe4NOsMLafToQQwBSOEpS+FwEt3A2V3vKubTquT3vmLTQpFgMXp8AlFWFuP1qKaJZOtPpVXg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "0.19.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/send/-/send-0.19.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dW41u5VfLXu8SJh5bwRmyYUbAoSB3c9uQh6L8h/KtsFREPWpbX1lrljJo186Jc4nmci/sGUZ9a0a0J2zgfq2hw==",
       "dependencies": {
         "debug": "2.6.9",
         "depd": "2.0.0",
@@ -9957,11 +9933,18 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/send/node_modules/encodeurl": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TPJXq8JqFaVYm2CWmPvnP2Iyo4ZSM7/QKcSmuMLDObfpH5fi7RUGmd/rTDf+rut/saiDiQEeVTNgAmJEdAOx0w==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/send/node_modules/ms": {
       "version": "2.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA==",
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "integrity": "sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA=="
     },
     "node_modules/serialize-javascript": {
       "version": "6.0.0",
@@ -9974,15 +9957,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/serve-static": {
-      "version": "1.15.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.15.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XGuRDNjXUijsUL0vl6nSD7cwURuzEgglbOaFuZM9g3kwDXOWVTck0jLzjPzGD+TazWbboZYu52/9/XPdUgne9g==",
-      "license": "MIT",
+      "version": "1.16.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.16.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VqpjJZKadQB/PEbEwvFdO43Ax5dFBZ2UECszz8bQ7pi7wt//PWe1P6MN7eCnjsatYtBT6EuiClbjSWP2WrIoTw==",
       "dependencies": {
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
+        "encodeurl": "~2.0.0",
         "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
         "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "send": "0.18.0"
+        "send": "0.19.0"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.8.0"
@@ -10008,8 +9990,7 @@
     "node_modules/setprototypeof": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/setprototypeof/-/setprototypeof-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-E5LDX7Wrp85Kil5bhZv46j8jOeboKq5JMmYM3gVGdGH8xFpPWXUMsNrlODCrkoxMEeNi/XZIwuRvY4XNwYMJpw==",
-      "license": "ISC"
+      "integrity": "sha512-E5LDX7Wrp85Kil5bhZv46j8jOeboKq5JMmYM3gVGdGH8xFpPWXUMsNrlODCrkoxMEeNi/XZIwuRvY4XNwYMJpw=="
     },
     "node_modules/sha.js": {
       "version": "2.4.11",
@@ -10070,7 +10051,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/side-channel/-/side-channel-1.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-fDW/EZ6Q9RiO8eFG8Hj+7u/oW+XrPTIChwCOM2+th2A6OblDtYYIpve9m+KvI9Z4C9qSEXlaGR6bTEYHReuglA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "call-bind": "^1.0.7",
         "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
@@ -10271,7 +10251,6 @@
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/statuses/-/statuses-2.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-RwNA9Z/7PrK06rYLIzFMlaF+l73iwpzsqRIFgbMLbTcLD6cOao82TaWefPXQvB2fOC4AjuYSEndS7N/mTCbkdQ==",
-      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
@@ -10689,7 +10668,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-o5sSPKEkg/DIQNmH43V0/uerLrpzVedkUh8tGNvaeXpfpuwjKenlSox/2O/BTlZUtEe+JG7s5YhEz608PlAHRA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.6"
       }
@@ -10890,7 +10868,6 @@
       "version": "1.6.18",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-is/-/type-is-1.6.18.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-TkRKr9sUTxEH8MdfuCSP7VizJyzRNMjj2J2do2Jr3Kym598JVdEksuzPQCnlFPW4ky9Q+iA+ma9BGm06XQBy8g==",
-      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "media-typer": "0.3.0",
         "mime-types": "~2.1.24"
@@ -10993,7 +10970,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-pjy2bYhSsufwWlKwPc+l3cN7+wuJlK6uz0YdJEOlQDbl6jo/YlPi4mb8agUkVC8BF7V8NuzeyPNqRksA3hztKQ==",
-      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87177a3f8..3918c5fa4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     "commander": "^9.0.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
     "data-urls": "^5.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.19.2",
+    "express": "^4.21.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
     "get-stdin": "^8.0.0",
     "get-uri": "^6.0.3",
diff --git a/tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/cli2.dependencies.test.ts b/tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/cli2.dependencies.test.ts
index 8f561fd8a..2edb30133 100644
--- a/tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/cli2.dependencies.test.ts
+++ b/tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/cli2.dependencies.test.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ describe('morphir dependencies', () => {
 
 			assertMorphirHashesExists();
 		});
+		test("should support local dependency from current working directory ", async () => {
+			let localInclude =   'tests-integration/cli2-qa-test/temp-local-dependencies/dependency-project/morphir-ir.json';
+			let newMorphir = { ...morphirJSON, localDependencies: [localInclude] };
+			await makeMorphirJson(newMorphir);
+
+
+
+			assertMorphirHashesIsMisssing();
+			const resultIR = await cli2.make(PATH_TO_PROJECT, CLI_OPTIONS)
+			expect(resultIR).not.toBeNull();
+
+			assertMorphirHashesExists();
+		});		
 	})
 
 	describe('Should support data URL dependencies ', () => {