diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c86156d0..38ee2348 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
     corelibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-lwjgl:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", true, true)
     corelibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-effects:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", true, true)
     corelibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-blender:3.3.2-stable", false, false) // Pin Pointed until jme3-blender has a dedicated release or support is phased out.
-    optlibs dep("com.github.stephengold:Minie:7.1.0", false, false) // replacement for bullet-native
+    optlibs dep("com.github.stephengold:Minie:7.7.0", false, false) // replacement for bullet-native
     corelibs dep(fileTree("lib"), false, false)
     corelibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-jogg:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", true, true)
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ dependencies {
     optlibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-ios:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", true, true)
     optlibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-android-native:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", true, true)
     optlibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-lwjgl3:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", true, true)
-    optlibs dep("com.github.stephengold:Heart:8.2.0", true, true)
-    optlibs dep("com.github.stephengold:Wes:0.7.2", true, true)
+    optlibs dep("com.github.stephengold:Heart:8.7.0", true, true)
+    optlibs dep("com.github.stephengold:Wes:0.7.5", true, true)
     testdatalibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-testdata:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", false, false)
     examplelibs dep("org.jmonkeyengine:jme3-examples:$jmeVersion-$jmeVersionTag", false, true)
 }