diff --git a/build-scripts/compile-options b/build-scripts/compile-options
index 79e9dd876..39a3f20cb 100644
--- a/build-scripts/compile-options
+++ b/build-scripts/compile-options
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export PROJECT
 # Otherwise, we build it.
 if [ x"$SYSTEM_SSL" = x ]
 then
+    # default to using cfengine openssl
+    SYSTEM_SSL=0
     # We don't bundle OpenSSL on some redhat-derived systems due to incompatability with libpam and our openssl.
     _OS_MAJOR_VERSION="$(echo "$OS_VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)"
     if [ "$OS" = "rhel" ] && expr "$_OS_MAJOR_VERSION" ">=" "8" >/dev/null
diff --git a/deps-packaging/git/cfbuild-git.spec b/deps-packaging/git/cfbuild-git.spec
index 3a4187e27..27a2fcdcb 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/git/cfbuild-git.spec
+++ b/deps-packaging/git/cfbuild-git.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define git_version 2.50.1
+%define git_version 2.51.0
 
 Summary: CFEngine Build Automation -- git
 Name: cfbuild-git
diff --git a/deps-packaging/git/distfiles b/deps-packaging/git/distfiles
index 8d4fea0e8..c028613f3 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/git/distfiles
+++ b/deps-packaging/git/distfiles
@@ -1 +1 @@
-522d1635f8b62b484b0ce24993818aad3cab8e11ebb57e196bda38a3140ea915  git-2.50.1.tar.gz
+3d531799d2cf2cac8e294ec6e3229e07bfca60dc6c783fe69e7712738bef7283  git-2.51.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/deps-packaging/libcurl/cfbuild-libcurl.spec b/deps-packaging/libcurl/cfbuild-libcurl.spec
index 90fb86865..1cf54bc57 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/libcurl/cfbuild-libcurl.spec
+++ b/deps-packaging/libcurl/cfbuild-libcurl.spec
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ AutoReqProv: no
 mkdir -p %{_builddir}
 %setup -q -n curl-%{curl_version}
 
-# we don't bundle OpenSSL on RHEL 8 (and newer in the future)
-%if %{?rhel}%{!?rhel:0} > 7
+%if "%{_system_ssl}" == "1"
 %define ssl_prefix /usr
 %else
 %define ssl_prefix %{prefix}
diff --git a/deps-packaging/pcre2/cfbuild-pcre2.spec b/deps-packaging/pcre2/cfbuild-pcre2.spec
index 9f4e79db1..e5b1821d8 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/pcre2/cfbuild-pcre2.spec
+++ b/deps-packaging/pcre2/cfbuild-pcre2.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define pcre2_version 10.45
+%define pcre2_version 10.46
 
 Summary: CFEngine Build Automation -- pcre2
 Name: cfbuild-pcre2
diff --git a/deps-packaging/pcre2/distfiles b/deps-packaging/pcre2/distfiles
index 1cbd8cf87..644d6e16e 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/pcre2/distfiles
+++ b/deps-packaging/pcre2/distfiles
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0e138387df7835d7403b8351e2226c1377da804e0737db0e071b48f07c9d12ee  pcre2-10.45.tar.gz
+8d28d7f2c3b970c3a4bf3776bcbb5adfc923183ce74bc8df1ebaad8c1985bd07  pcre2-10.46.tar.gz
diff --git a/deps-packaging/pcre2/source b/deps-packaging/pcre2/source
index 99e01f31b..133912b74 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/pcre2/source
+++ b/deps-packaging/pcre2/source
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.45/
+https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.46/
diff --git a/deps-packaging/php/cfbuild-php.spec b/deps-packaging/php/cfbuild-php.spec
index 920ca8793..bb691ef2e 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/php/cfbuild-php.spec
+++ b/deps-packaging/php/cfbuild-php.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define php_version 8.3.24
+%define php_version 8.3.25
 
 Summary: CFEngine Build Automation -- php
 Name: cfbuild-php
diff --git a/deps-packaging/php/distfiles b/deps-packaging/php/distfiles
index a1514b8c4..3e3527a7a 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/php/distfiles
+++ b/deps-packaging/php/distfiles
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b827c512b59270c3dc7e19614314fc345022c423e6443c960746310792d0de82  php-8.3.24.tar.gz
+86711e98eccffb637dc319f0cdcde9188c1710633910beb1a3cbb3ae5ecc2e05  php-8.3.25.tar.gz
diff --git a/deps-packaging/pkg-build-rpm b/deps-packaging/pkg-build-rpm
index 4f71b4196..6dba9a512 100755
--- a/deps-packaging/pkg-build-rpm
+++ b/deps-packaging/pkg-build-rpm
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ fi
 #     - argv[1] = --define
 #     - argv[2] = a b
 eval $RPMBUILD_CMD -bb \
+  --define "'_system_ssl $SYSTEM_SSL'" \
   --define "'_topdir $BASEDIR/$PKGNAME'" \
   --define "'version $VERSION'" \
   --define "'buildprefix $BUILDPREFIX'" \
diff --git a/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/requirements.txt b/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/requirements.txt
index 9310747ce..0f620017c 100644
--- a/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/requirements.txt
+++ b/packaging/cfengine-nova-hub/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cfbs==5.0.2
+cfbs==5.1.1