diff --git a/.projen/deps.json b/.projen/deps.json
index bdf735d39..e3900fe03 100644
--- a/.projen/deps.json
+++ b/.projen/deps.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "backport",
-      "version": "8.5.0",
       "type": "build"
     },
     {
diff --git a/.projen/tasks.json b/.projen/tasks.json
index 193ec2212..f8127af00 100644
--- a/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
       },
       "steps": [
         {
-          "exec": "npx npm-check-updates@16 --upgrade --target=minor --peer --dep=dev --filter=@types/minimatch,cdk8s,cdk8s-cli,eslint-import-resolver-typescript,eslint-plugin-import,jsii-diff,snake-case,ts-node,minimatch"
+          "exec": "npx npm-check-updates@16 --upgrade --target=minor --peer --dep=dev --filter=@types/minimatch,backport,cdk8s,cdk8s-cli,eslint-import-resolver-typescript,eslint-plugin-import,jsii-diff,snake-case,ts-node,minimatch"
         },
         {
           "exec": "yarn install --check-files"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df5582a11..2e3cc90a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "organization": false
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cdk8s/projen-common": "^0.0.525",
+    "@cdk8s/projen-common": "^0.0.527",
     "@types/jest": "^27",
     "@types/minimatch": "^3.0.5",
     "@types/node": "16.18.78",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 049418ac1..6ae790b4e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bcoe/v8-coverage/-/v8-coverage-0.2.3.tgz#75a2e8b51cb758a7553d6804a5932d7aace75c39"
   integrity sha512-0hYQ8SB4Db5zvZB4axdMHGwEaQjkZzFjQiN9LVYvIFB2nSUHW9tYpxWriPrWDASIxiaXax83REcLxuSdnGPZtw==
 
-"@cdk8s/projen-common@^0.0.525":
-  version "0.0.525"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cdk8s/projen-common/-/projen-common-0.0.525.tgz#7eb004e7f3c7afcccfd76a34ac467596ce816d76"
-  integrity sha512-oM2F7/W58nIeU/JnAFkyQeKKDPv/HpP7SSnqfPdenvHI0/syjg2HKoxcoSeU/tC3QQ9SqEq8mtMihz9tg19EcA==
+"@cdk8s/projen-common@^0.0.527":
+  version "0.0.527"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cdk8s/projen-common/-/projen-common-0.0.527.tgz#71c64bf1f6d4e6fac8229137876d281f7ee865e5"
+  integrity sha512-nOAs0v08pzKr01hYBFcdxcZtkaOUqhLU58C/Voqeqxr6tONBZwab01mk09aJf/PIqSE66YgWcfsyVSLV3SoSpA==
   dependencies:
     codemaker "^1.99.0"
     deepmerge "^4.3.1"