From 4d212d841958647235caf1d5f040990cee3f0dcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 08:08:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] deps(hardhat): bump hardhat in /hardhat in the
 hardhat-toolchain group

Bumps the hardhat-toolchain group in /hardhat with 1 update: [hardhat](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/tree/HEAD/packages/hardhat).


Updates `hardhat` from 3.18.0 to 3.18.1
- [Release notes](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/blob/main/packages/hardhat/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/commits/hardhat@3.18.1/packages/hardhat)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: hardhat
  dependency-version: 3.18.1
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: hardhat-toolchain
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 hardhat/package-lock.json | 33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 hardhat/package.json      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hardhat/package-lock.json b/hardhat/package-lock.json
index f6e95678a..f06333283 100644
--- a/hardhat/package-lock.json
+++ b/hardhat/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox-viem": "^5.0.7",
         "chai": "^6.2.2",
-        "hardhat": "~3.18.0"
+        "hardhat": "~3.18.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=22.0.0"
@@ -1309,17 +1309,18 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils": {
-      "version": "4.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils/-/hardhat-utils-4.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QbthuXWPcEglEsSFFXnDBVFS0A+81YLboLLdNajDdzeGWimOU0mqaky/qpqUAWOzTn4bdNp5Z0ub3EEPR8oLzw==",
+      "version": "4.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils/-/hardhat-utils-4.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fRaVVbPs+Az7K3B40x8jlPDM4o7jfgoTMpxNXjg2JrpxORKqQtf9YSv9HN9lZKFZecLIYwHT3U9RQEOrZBkAEQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@streamparser/json-node": "^0.0.22",
+        "@streamparser/json-node": "^0.0.26",
         "env-paths": "^4.0.0",
         "ethereum-cryptography": "^3.0.0",
         "fast-equals": "^6.0.0",
         "json-stream-stringify": "^3.1.7",
+        "micro-eth-signer": "^0.19.0",
         "rfdc": "^1.3.1",
         "undici": "^7.29.0"
       }
@@ -1609,20 +1610,20 @@
       "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/@streamparser/json": {
-      "version": "0.0.22",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@streamparser/json/-/json-0.0.22.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b6gTSBjJ8G8SuO3Gbbj+zXbVx8NSs1EbpbMKpzGLWMdkR+98McH9bEjSz3+0mPJf68c5nxa3CrJHp5EQNXM6zQ==",
+      "version": "0.0.26",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@streamparser/json/-/json-0.0.26.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-46597LNFI+MFdUnzX2QJWwmdTRdq0XVD+vVNJTtGVzIrnCuhG9pFo1OAzbNBqci8UJgk/X5KJZ6LcV+y7PTuDQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@streamparser/json-node": {
-      "version": "0.0.22",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@streamparser/json-node/-/json-node-0.0.22.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sJT2ptNRwqB1lIsQrQlCoWk5rF4tif9wDh+7yluAGijJamAhrHGYpFB/Zg3hJeceoZypi74ftXk8DHzwYpbZSg==",
+      "version": "0.0.26",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@streamparser/json-node/-/json-node-0.0.26.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9OxH3oyILbxiHxNfhvfVpyWgaiLDxreWLk6t6xdSZxJlzKciXReMN6w446+lu+cgdpJxJlwNoyfBLPtTrCUJgA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@streamparser/json": "^0.0.22"
+        "@streamparser/json": "^0.0.26"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
@@ -2089,15 +2090,15 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/hardhat": {
-      "version": "3.18.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hardhat/-/hardhat-3.18.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+M7TxlsB09QBQvxJQJBJQQgyGb2nnZ6iBGdAZVrcOxXdQAkqvG+eHhHiA44xygeucUPdr98uKKMzIv76EzjhJQ==",
+      "version": "3.18.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hardhat/-/hardhat-3.18.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-40fn/HILjKyV6saNp7VMU+NAeE0ya9RwryEXOo+vu8/TCE7tbj2WNTcJgiLP5Ws5Dty08p75xGEQzyFjkfUqZQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@nomicfoundation/edr": "0.22.0",
         "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors": "^3.1.0",
-        "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils": "^4.3.0",
+        "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils": "^4.4.0",
         "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-vendored": "^3.0.4",
         "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-zod-utils": "^3.0.5",
         "@nomicfoundation/solidity-analyzer": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/hardhat/package.json b/hardhat/package.json
index 065782450..0b566240c 100644
--- a/hardhat/package.json
+++ b/hardhat/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox-viem": "^5.0.7",
     "chai": "^6.2.2",
-    "hardhat": "~3.18.0"
+    "hardhat": "~3.18.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@openzeppelin/contracts": "~5.6.1",