diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index b1fb213..9181c99 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -929,9 +929,9 @@
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     },
     "@types/node": {
-      "version": "20.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uKBEevTNb+l6/aCQaKVnUModfEMjAl98lw2Si9P5y4hLu9tm6AlX2ZIoXZX6Wh9lJueYPrGPKk5WMCNHg/u6/A=="
+      "version": "20.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CTO/wa8x+rZU626cL2BlbCDzydgnFNgc19h4YvizpTO88MFQxab8wqisxaofQJ/9bLGugRdWIuX/TbIs6VVF6g=="
     },
     "@types/prop-types": {
       "version": "15.7.5",
@@ -6020,7 +6020,7 @@
     },
     "newsroom-core": {
       "version": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#b7bb7f2e6e20f461f099ba886c4a4355c47ee0c8",
-      "from": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#release/2.4",
+      "from": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#v2.4.0-rc4",
       "requires": {
         "@popperjs/core": "^2.11.4",
         "alertifyjs": "1.11.2",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index e3038a6..832c05a 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "firebase": "9.6.11",
-    "newsroom-core": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#release/2.4"
+    "newsroom-core": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#v2.4.0-rc4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^6.26.0",
diff --git a/server/requirements.in b/server/requirements.in
index a9cc3f0..9b38270 100644
--- a/server/requirements.in
+++ b/server/requirements.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 google-auth==2.6.0
 python3-saml==1.14.0
-git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@release/2.4#egg=Newsroom-Core
+git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@v2.4.0-rc4#egg=Newsroom-Core
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 5b01efc..8af0196 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ blinker==1.4
     #   raven
     #   sentry-sdk
     #   superdesk-core
-boto3==1.26.124
+boto3==1.26.131
     # via superdesk-core
-botocore==1.29.124
+botocore==1.29.131
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cerberus==1.3.4
     # via
     #   eve
     #   superdesk-core
-certifi==2022.12.7
+certifi==2023.5.7
     # via
     #   elastic-apm
     #   elasticsearch
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ mongolock==1.3.4
     # via superdesk-core
 natsort==8.3.1
     # via croniter
-newsroom-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@release/2.4
+newsroom-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/newsroom-core.git@v2.4.0-rc4
     # via -r requirements.in
 oauth2client==4.1.3
     # via flask-oidc-ex
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ reportlab==3.6.6
     #   newsroom-core
     #   svglib
     #   xhtml2pdf
-requests==2.29.0
+requests==2.30.0
     # via
     #   pyhanko
     #   pyhanko-certvalidator
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ rsa==4.9
     # via
     #   google-auth
     #   oauth2client
-s3transfer==0.6.0
+s3transfer==0.6.1
     # via boto3
 sentry-sdk[flask]==1.5.12
     # via newsroom-core
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ wtforms==2.2.1
     # via
     #   flask-wtf
     #   newsroom-core
-xhtml2pdf==0.2.10
+xhtml2pdf==0.2.11
     # via newsroom-core
 xmlsec==1.3.13
     # via python3-saml