diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e4e97b62..0c487633 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@cheqd/studio",
-	"version": "3.6.8-develop.1",
+	"version": "3.6.9",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@cheqd/studio",
-			"version": "3.6.8-develop.1",
+			"version": "3.6.9",
 			"license": "Apache-2.0",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@cheqd/did-provider-cheqd": "^4.5.3",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
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 				"secp256k1": "^5.0.1",
 				"sqlite3": "^5.1.7",
-				"stripe": "^14.25.0",
+				"stripe": "^18.2.0",
 				"swagger-ui-dist": "5.20.1",
 				"swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
 				"typeorm": "^0.3.22",
@@ -37777,16 +37777,23 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/stripe": {
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-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stripe/-/stripe-14.25.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-wQS3GNMofCXwH8TSje8E1SE8zr6ODiGtHQgPtO95p9Mb4FhKC9jvXR2NUTpZ9ZINlckJcFidCmaTFV4P6vsb9g==",
+			"version": "18.2.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stripe/-/stripe-18.2.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-RpOaGh5CLs3SYeVXw1CIQZNwPVADBJtgNyUgu+ZkIvu3u4pkZvNrlKr+WaLoNjSPQWef0dikxDS2AKHBl/l3bg==",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
-				"@types/node": ">=8.1.0",
 				"qs": "^6.11.0"
 			},
 			"engines": {
 				"node": ">=12.*"
+			},
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@types/node": ">=12.x.x"
+			},
+			"peerDependenciesMeta": {
+				"@types/node": {
+					"optional": true
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/strtok3": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e443241..3fad4977 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 		"pg-connection-string": "^2.8.5",
 		"secp256k1": "^5.0.1",
 		"sqlite3": "^5.1.7",
-		"stripe": "^14.25.0",
+		"stripe": "^18.2.0",
 		"swagger-ui-dist": "5.20.1",
 		"swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
 		"typeorm": "^0.3.22",