diff --git a/contracts/package.json b/contracts/package.json
index b19dc857b..3d431dfab 100644
--- a/contracts/package.json
+++ b/contracts/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
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     "@kleros/kleros-v2-tsconfig": "workspace:^",
     "@logtail/pino": "^0.4.0",
-    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": "^1.0.6",
+    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": "^2.0.0",
     "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": "^2.2.3",
     "@nomiclabs/hardhat-solhint": "^3.0.1",
     "@openzeppelin/contracts": "^4.9.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aed203c19..62c9d6961 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5273,7 +5273,7 @@ __metadata:
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     "@kleros/vea-contracts": ^0.3.2
     "@logtail/pino": ^0.4.0
-    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": ^1.0.6
+    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": ^2.0.0
     "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": ^2.2.3
     "@nomiclabs/hardhat-solhint": ^3.0.1
     "@openzeppelin/contracts": ^4.9.3
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-  resolution: "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers@npm:1.0.6"
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+  version: 2.0.2
+  resolution: "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers@npm:2.0.2"
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     "@types/chai-as-promised": ^7.1.3
     chai-as-promised: ^7.1.1
     deep-eql: ^4.0.1
     ordinal: ^1.0.3
   peerDependencies:
-    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": ^2.0.0
+    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers": ^3.0.0
     chai: ^4.2.0
-    ethers: ^5.0.0
+    ethers: ^6.1.0
     hardhat: ^2.9.4
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+  checksum: 62d7d69f6b34a06bc43fe0dab8adc9e3b6f907f1b68bb5cf47feb78a4c7ef057b9a4aa713611abeca38df9d8fe166bbd9bbf98e42c4edbdf7aece477b3f9485a
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard