diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e73f9b5..f27a280 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 22
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: './ui'
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ee07f86..d09baa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 22
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: './ui'
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index ab0e9e0..6080c52 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -8,24 +8,24 @@ import sbt.Keys.libraryDependencies
 object Dependencies {
 
   object Versions {
-    val brotli             = "1.17.0"
-    val flyway             = "9.21.1"
-    val jsoniter           = "2.31.1"
+    val brotli             = "1.18.0"
+    val flyway             = "11.3.0"
+    val jsoniter           = "2.33.1"
     val jwt                = "10.0.1"
-    val laminar            = "17.1.0"
+    val laminar            = "17.2.0"
     val laminext           = "0.17.0"
     val `native-converter` = "0.9.0"
     val quill              = "4.8.6"
     val `scala-java-time`  = "2.6.0"
     val `sjs-dom`          = "2.8.0+45-53f9a1a2-SNAPSHOT" // FIXME wait for 2.9.0 release
-    val snakeyaml          = "2.8"
+    val snakeyaml          = "2.9"
     val sqlite             = "3.46.1.3"
     val sttp               = "3.10.1"
-    val tapir              = "1.11.8"
+    val tapir              = "1.11.13"
     val waypoint           = "8.0.1"
     val zio                = "2.1.14"
-    val `zio-config`       = "4.0.2"
-    val `zio-logging`      = "2.3.2"
+    val `zio-config`       = "4.0.3"
+    val `zio-logging`      = "2.4.0"
     val `zio-metrics`      = "2.3.1"
   }
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 0f10bca..1fc1c58 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ThisBuild / libraryDependencySchemes += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml"
 
 addDependencyTreePlugin
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"       % "sbt-buildinfo"            % "0.13.1")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"       % "sbt-scalajs"              % "1.17.0")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js"       % "sbt-scalajs"              % "1.18.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject" % "1.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"     % "sbt-native-packager"      % "1.11.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"      % "sbt-scalafmt"             % "2.5.2")
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/application.dev.conf b/server/src/main/resources/application.dev.conf
index 93cc822..1eb5353 100644
--- a/server/src/main/resources/application.dev.conf
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/application.dev.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ logger {
       "org.updraft0.esi.client":  INFO
 
       // Auth/Location, etc tracking
-      "org.updraft0.controltower.server.tracking": TRACE
+      "org.updraft0.controltower.server.tracking": INFO // set to trace to log tracking information
 
       // dependencies
       "io.netty": INFO
diff --git a/ui/vite.config.js b/ui/vite.config.js
index a52b839..f9f3829 100644
--- a/ui/vite.config.js
+++ b/ui/vite.config.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
                 preserveHeaderKeyCase: true,
                 autoRewrite: true,
                 secure: false,
-                localAddress: '127.0.0.1',
-                target: 'http://localhost4:8092',
+                // localAddress: '127.0.0.1',
+                // this can be unreliable if localhost resolves to an ipv6 address
+                target: 'http://localhost:8092',
                 ws: true
             }
         },
@@ -28,4 +29,4 @@ export default defineConfig({
         cwd: '../',
         projectID: 'ui'
     })],
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});