diff --git a/knip.json b/knip.json
index d35ad5b2c4..f8a88c5250 100644
--- a/knip.json
+++ b/knip.json
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
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     "cypress",
+    "pdftotext",
+    "shellcheck",
+    "which",
     "python3",
     "linkinator"
   ]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c125babeb9..779e068774 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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+        "knip": "6.16.0",
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         "minify": "15.3.1",
         "papaparse": "5.5.3",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
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         "remark-rehype": "^11.1.2",
         "sharp": "^0.34.5",
-        "start-server-and-test": "3.0.7",
+        "start-server-and-test": "3.0.8",
         "tsx": "4.22.4",
         "typedoc": "0.28.19",
         "typedoc-plugin-mdn-links": "5.1.1",
@@ -8095,9 +8095,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knip/-/knip-6.15.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uBaKFEGcu/HG4EY2gWFBMr+fBF43Jftoc2riJX51TKME1Z46C8UQIbNEusenYbEWihphxe2PY0Kns0yPvPYz4A==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knip/-/knip-6.16.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-znPEmwYmkGHp57VxCQ/k983bVWls74DpRKh/EgYojyssgV2h2dZDvjN3+7WU034LzObjElUVRPoBHq9w/fG1ng==",
       "dev": true,
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@@ -8115,7 +8115,6 @@
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         "jiti": "^2.7.0",
-        "minimist": "^1.2.8",
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         "oxc-resolver": "^11.20.0",
         "picomatch": "^4.0.4",
@@ -11426,9 +11425,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/start-server-and-test/-/start-server-and-test-3.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bREV2smSYwybdmnkNUjzoL7WTolg+6MN7sXaZC2/JB7zZSUKmkcqQ3eaRX2yoL+ZnrUMk2FRHMwmmD9LPwKGzg==",
+      "version": "3.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/start-server-and-test/-/start-server-and-test-3.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BG1tHNyEW/mPhw50DFPb0uKoq7f7yNQFO+CJb83MKZkCPKmWqb522YGMM3f4XG1Kra2v3xU3ou6O+s8taChM6A==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4f38d43f0..f1617e462b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
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     "json-schema-to-typescript": "15.0.4",
     "jszip": "3.10.1",
-    "knip": "6.15.0",
+    "knip": "6.16.0",
     "mermaid": "11.15.0",
     "minify": "15.3.1",
     "papaparse": "5.5.3",
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
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     "remark-rehype": "^11.1.2",
     "sharp": "^0.34.5",
-    "start-server-and-test": "3.0.7",
+    "start-server-and-test": "3.0.8",
     "tsx": "4.22.4",
     "typedoc": "0.28.19",
     "typedoc-plugin-mdn-links": "5.1.1",