diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fc481134..d89c7b7e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@cheqd/studio",
-	"version": "3.9.0-develop.1",
+	"version": "3.9.0-develop.2",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@cheqd/studio",
-			"version": "3.9.0-develop.1",
+			"version": "3.9.0-develop.2",
 			"license": "Apache-2.0",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@cheqd/did-provider-cheqd": "^4.6.0",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
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 				"secp256k1": "^5.0.1",
 				"sqlite3": "^5.1.7",
-				"stripe": "^14.25.0",
+				"stripe": "^18.4.0",
 				"swagger-ui-dist": "5.20.1",
 				"swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
 				"typeorm": "^0.3.22",
@@ -39617,16 +39617,23 @@
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 		},
 		"node_modules/stripe": {
-			"version": "14.25.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stripe/-/stripe-14.25.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-wQS3GNMofCXwH8TSje8E1SE8zr6ODiGtHQgPtO95p9Mb4FhKC9jvXR2NUTpZ9ZINlckJcFidCmaTFV4P6vsb9g==",
+			"version": "18.4.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stripe/-/stripe-18.4.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-LKFeDnDYo4U/YzNgx2Lc9PT9XgKN0JNF1iQwZxgkS4lOw5NunWCnzyH5RhTlD3clIZnf54h7nyMWkS8VXPmtTQ==",
 			"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 70651d7a..651f0e47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 		"pg-connection-string": "^2.8.5",
 		"secp256k1": "^5.0.1",
 		"sqlite3": "^5.1.7",
-		"stripe": "^14.25.0",
+		"stripe": "^18.4.0",
 		"swagger-ui-dist": "5.20.1",
 		"swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
 		"typeorm": "^0.3.22",