diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b140c3a83..6f34af07f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 		<!-- build-time dependencies -->
 		<jetbrains.annotations.version>23.0.0</jetbrains.annotations.version>
-		<dependency-check.version>7.2.1</dependency-check.version>
+		<dependency-check.version>7.4.0</dependency-check.version>
 		<jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/suppression.xml b/suppression.xml
index ccd1a1cdf..75373c5cd 100644
--- a/suppression.xml
+++ b/suppression.xml
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@
 		<cve>CVE-2022-25366</cve>
 	</suppress>
 
+	<!-- Apache Commons-cli false positives below -->
 	<suppress>
 		<notes><![CDATA[
 			False positive for commons-cli due, see https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/pull/4148
 		]]></notes>
 		<gav regex="true">^commons\-cli:commons\-cli:.*$</gav>
 		<cpe>cpe:/a:apache:james</cpe>
-		<!-- while we are at it exclude also this fp -->
+		<!-- while we are at it exclude also these fp -->
 		<cpe>cpe:/a:spirit-project:spirit</cpe>
+		<cpe>cpe:/a:apache:commons_net</cpe>
 	</suppress>
 </suppressions>
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