diff --git a/packages/devel/groovy/package.mk b/packages/devel/groovy/package.mk
index ea4620b2e0..e639895ccd 100644
--- a/packages/devel/groovy/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/groovy/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2023-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="groovy"
-PKG_VERSION="4.0.21"
-PKG_SHA256="5ef878f70db8b642d204e9a410c519c1131a3e7a9ddb4b6910d214909cb2e98a"
+PKG_VERSION="4.0.22"
+PKG_SHA256="d91a3ddfe353871d4c2656d3d0a05c828bc3ff36e9d49dbdbec13dcd98f05877"
 PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 PKG_SITE="https://groovy.apache.org"
 PKG_URL="https://groovy.jfrog.io/artifactory/dist-release-local/groovy-zips/apache-groovy-binary-${PKG_VERSION}.zip"
diff --git a/packages/network/openssh/package.mk b/packages/network/openssh/package.mk
index cb46c11705..ad0b402d0c 100644
--- a/packages/network/openssh/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/openssh/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="openssh"
-PKG_VERSION="9.7p1"
-PKG_SHA256="490426f766d82a2763fcacd8d83ea3d70798750c7bd2aff2e57dc5660f773ffd"
+PKG_VERSION="9.8p1"
+PKG_SHA256="dd8bd002a379b5d499dfb050dd1fa9af8029e80461f4bb6c523c49973f5a39f3"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.openssh.com/"
 PKG_URL="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
index fb2d473293..480bca6395 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-docs \
                            --without-gtkmm \
                            --without-ssl \
                            --without-x \
-                           --without-xerces \
                            --without-icu \
                            --without-kernel-modules \
                            --with-fuse=fuse3 \