From 500d75b5ef75859ee37c44ae5d1460a2eeea7b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:08:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] deps(hardhat): bump dotenv in /hardhat in the
 hardhat-utilities group

Bumps the hardhat-utilities group in /hardhat with 1 update: [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv).


Updates `dotenv` from 18.0.7 to 18.0.8
- [Changelog](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v18.0.7...v18.0.8)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: dotenv
  dependency-version: 18.0.8
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: hardhat-utilities
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 hardhat/package-lock.json | 8 ++++----
 hardhat/package.json      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hardhat/package-lock.json b/hardhat/package-lock.json
index 1b5a28aca..96b1c7ee6 100644
--- a/hardhat/package-lock.json
+++ b/hardhat/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "3.5.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@openzeppelin/contracts": "~5.6.1",
-        "dotenv": "~18.0.7",
+        "dotenv": "~18.0.8",
         "fs-extra": "~11.4.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -1517,9 +1517,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
-      "version": "18.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-18.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QEvMEF8ca3GNZJJnAbOgxpj5ULhBvnMcURp+XKrtvqFNPgjBvYoswQ0Jl2cO7JzCjxZjJhr9ZuIEhlrRxMft/Q==",
+      "version": "18.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-18.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2KDeoFoK/zRtcnbunCDlLG5VWVMcyqeQc6iK65o231nfNAcuGrKoqUQfJFUtBI+QlShk5HKIHxwebBtUl3rEfA==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "bin": {
         "dotenv": "dist/index.cjs"
diff --git a/hardhat/package.json b/hardhat/package.json
index cf2ede9a0..51fc790a1 100644
--- a/hardhat/package.json
+++ b/hardhat/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@openzeppelin/contracts": "~5.6.1",
-    "dotenv": "~18.0.7",
+    "dotenv": "~18.0.8",
     "fs-extra": "~11.4.1"
   },
   "engines": {