diff --git a/fontc_crater/src/ci.rs b/fontc_crater/src/ci.rs
index 7c15f144f..8944e6ca6 100644
--- a/fontc_crater/src/ci.rs
+++ b/fontc_crater/src/ci.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ fn get_inputs_applying_denylist(input_path: &Path) -> Result<SourceSet, Error> {
             "chiron-fonts/chiron-hei-hk", // these repos are huge and we can't build them anyway
             "chiron-fonts/chiron-go-round-tc",
             "chiron-fonts/chiron-sung-hk",
+            "EbenSorkin/Merriweather4",
         ];
 
         // this is quadratic. I'm sorry.
diff --git a/resources/scripts/requirements.txt b/resources/scripts/requirements.txt
index 946e6c328..e9bc9603c 100644
--- a/resources/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/resources/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ absl-py==2.4.0
     #   nanoemoji
     #   picosvg
     #   ttx-diff
-afdko==4.0.3
+afdko==5.0.0
     # via gftools
-attrs==25.4.0
+attrs==26.1.0
     # via
     #   cattrs
     #   statmake
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cattrs==26.1.0
     #   ufolib2
 cdifflib==1.2.9
     # via ttx-diff
-certifi==2026.2.25
+certifi==2026.4.22
     # via requests
 cffi==2.0.0
     # via
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ cffi==2.0.0
     #   pynacl
 cffsubr==0.4.0
     # via ufo2ft
-charset-normalizer==3.4.5
+charset-normalizer==3.4.7
     # via requests
 compreffor==0.6.0
     # via ufo2ft
-cryptography==46.0.5
+cryptography==47.0.0
     # via pyjwt
 defcon[lxml,pens]==0.12.2
     # via
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ defcon[lxml,pens]==0.12.2
     #   ufoprocessor
 ffmpeg-python==0.2.0
     # via gftools
-filelock==3.25.2
+filelock==3.29.0
     # via youseedee
 font-v==2.1.0
     # via gftools
@@ -135,24 +135,24 @@ gftools==0.9.93
     #   ttx-diff
 gitdb==4.0.12
     # via gitpython
-gitpython==3.1.46
+gitpython==3.1.48
     # via font-v
 glyphsets==1.1.0
     # via gftools
-glyphslib==6.13.0
+glyphslib==6.13.1
     # via
     #   bumpfontversion
     #   fontmake
     #   gftools
     #   glyphsets
     #   ttx-diff
-idna==3.11
+idna==3.13
     # via requests
-importlib-resources==6.5.2
+importlib-resources==7.1.0
     # via gfsubsets
 jinja2==3.1.6
     # via gftools
-lxml==6.0.2
+lxml==6.1.0
     # via
     #   afdko
     #   fontfeatures
@@ -183,21 +183,21 @@ openstep-plist==0.5.2
     #   glyphslib
 opentype-sanitizer==9.2.0
     # via gftools
-orjson==3.11.7
+orjson==3.11.8
     # via
     #   babelfont
     #   ufolib2
-packaging==26.0
+packaging==26.2
     # via gftools
 paintcompiler==0.3.4
     # via -r resources/scripts/requirements.in
 picosvg==0.22.3
     # via nanoemoji
-pillow==12.1.1
+pillow==12.2.0
     # via
     #   gftools
     #   nanoemoji
-platformdirs==4.9.4
+platformdirs==4.9.6
     # via youseedee
 pngquant-cli==3.0.3
     # via nanoemoji
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ pycparser==3.0
     # via cffi
 pygit2==1.16.0
     # via gftools
-pygithub==2.8.1
+pygithub==2.9.1
     # via gftools
-pygments==2.19.2
+pygments==2.20.0
     # via rich
-pyjwt[crypto]==2.12.0
+pyjwt[crypto]==2.12.1
     # via pygithub
 pynacl==1.6.2
     # via pygithub
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ pyyaml==6.0.3
     #   gftools
     #   glyphsets
     #   ttx-diff
-regex==2026.2.28
+regex==2026.4.4
     # via nanoemoji
-requests==2.32.5
+requests==2.33.1
     # via
     #   gftools
     #   glyphsets
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ requests==2.32.5
     #   youseedee
 resvg-cli==0.44.0
     # via nanoemoji
-rich==14.3.3
+rich==15.0.0
     # via gftools
 ruamel-yaml==0.19.1
     # via gftools
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.15.0
     #   beautifulsoup4
     #   cattrs
     #   pygithub
-ufo2ft[cffsubr,compreffor]==3.7.0
+ufo2ft[cffsubr,compreffor]==3.7.2
     # via
     #   fontmake
     #   nanoemoji
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ ufonormalizer==0.6.3
     # via afdko
 ufoprocessor==1.14.1
     # via afdko
-uharfbuzz==0.53.3
+uharfbuzz==0.54.0
     # via
     #   fonttools
     #   vharfbuzz