diff --git a/apps/demos/package.json b/apps/demos/package.json
index b187af4f58e0..30087fe4f7b1 100644
--- a/apps/demos/package.json
+++ b/apps/demos/package.json
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
         "gulp-replace": "1.1.4",
         "jest": "29.7.0",
         "jest-environment-node": "29.7.0",
-        "lodash": "4.17.23",
+        "lodash": "4.18.1",
         "looks-same": "7.3.0",
         "minimist": "1.2.8",
         "mockdate": "3.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/nx-infra-plugin/package.json b/packages/nx-infra-plugin/package.json
index d1a03eb3c2fc..a0d3fa0ea167 100644
--- a/packages/nx-infra-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/nx-infra-plugin/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
     "glob": "11.1.0",
     "minimatch": "10.2.4",
-    "lodash": "4.17.23",
+    "lodash": "4.18.1",
     "normalize-path": "3.0.0",
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "tsc-alias": "1.8.16"
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index bb768fa7e6c7..b95a74449caa 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: 29.7.0
         version: 29.7.0
       lodash:
-        specifier: 4.17.23
-        version: 4.17.23
+        specifier: 4.18.1
+        version: 4.18.1
       looks-same:
         specifier: 7.3.0
         version: 7.3.0
@@ -2309,8 +2309,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: '>=6.0.0'
         version: 6.4.4
       lodash:
-        specifier: 4.17.23
-        version: 4.17.23
+        specifier: 4.18.1
+        version: 4.18.1
       minimatch:
         specifier: 10.2.4
         version: 10.2.4
@@ -13570,8 +13570,8 @@ packages:
   lodash.uniq@4.5.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-xfBaXQd9ryd9dlSDvnvI0lvxfLJlYAZzXomUYzLKtUeOQvOP5piqAWuGtrhWeqaXK9hhoM/iyJc5AV+XfsX3HQ==}
 
-  lodash@4.17.23:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-LgVTMpQtIopCi79SJeDiP0TfWi5CNEc/L/aRdTh3yIvmZXTnheWpKjSZhnvMl8iXbC1tFg9gdHHDMLoV7CnG+w==}
+  lodash@4.18.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-dMInicTPVE8d1e5otfwmmjlxkZoUpiVLwyeTdUsi/Caj/gfzzblBcCE5sRHV/AsjuCmxWrte2TNGSYuCeCq+0Q==}
 
   log-symbols@4.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-8XPvpAA8uyhfteu8pIvQxpJZ7SYYdpUivZpGy6sFsBuKRY/7rQGavedeB8aK+Zkyq6upMFVL/9AW6vOYzfRyLg==}
@@ -15290,7 +15290,7 @@ packages:
   puppeteer@23.6.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-8+ALGQgwXd3P/tGcuSsxTPGDaOQIjcDIm04I5hpWZv/PiN5q8bQNHRUyfYrifT+flnM9aTWCP7tLEzuB6SlIgA==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
-    deprecated: < 24.10.2 is no longer supported
+    deprecated: < 24.15.0 is no longer supported
     hasBin: true
 
   pure-rand@6.1.0:
@@ -22255,7 +22255,7 @@ snapshots:
       chalk: 2.4.2
       error-stack-parser: 2.1.4
       highlight-es: 1.0.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       pinkie-promise: 2.0.1
 
   '@devexpress/utils@1.4.7':
@@ -25833,7 +25833,7 @@ snapshots:
       chalk: 3.0.0
       css.escape: 1.5.1
       dom-accessibility-api: 0.6.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       redent: 3.0.0
 
   '@testing-library/jest-dom@6.9.1':
@@ -26567,7 +26567,7 @@ snapshots:
       debug: 4.4.3
       glob: 7.2.3
       is-glob: 4.0.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       semver: 7.7.4
       tsutils: 3.21.0(typescript@3.9.10)
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -27576,7 +27576,7 @@ snapshots:
       graceful-fs: 4.2.11
       is-stream: 2.0.1
       lazystream: 1.0.1
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       normalize-path: 3.0.0
       readable-stream: 4.7.0
 
@@ -27865,7 +27865,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   async@2.6.4:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
 
   async@3.2.3: {}
 
@@ -27969,7 +27969,7 @@ snapshots:
       convert-source-map: 1.9.0
       debug: 2.6.9
       json5: 2.2.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       minimatch: 3.1.5
       path-is-absolute: 1.0.1
       private: 0.1.8
@@ -27985,7 +27985,7 @@ snapshots:
       babel-types: 6.26.0
       detect-indent: 4.0.0
       jsesc: 1.3.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       source-map: 0.5.7
       trim-right: 1.0.1
 
@@ -28312,7 +28312,7 @@ snapshots:
       babel-runtime: 6.26.0
       core-js: 2.6.12
       home-or-tmp: 2.0.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       mkdirp: 0.5.6
       source-map-support: 0.4.18
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -28329,7 +28329,7 @@ snapshots:
       babel-traverse: 6.26.0
       babel-types: 6.26.0
       babylon: 6.18.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
@@ -28343,7 +28343,7 @@ snapshots:
       debug: 2.6.9
       globals: 9.18.0
       invariant: 2.2.4
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
@@ -28351,7 +28351,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       babel-runtime: 6.26.0
       esutils: 2.0.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       to-fast-properties: 1.0.3
 
   babylon@6.18.0: {}
@@ -31449,7 +31449,7 @@ snapshots:
       eslint: 9.39.4(jiti@2.6.1)
       globals: 13.24.0
       hunspell-spellchecker: 1.0.2
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
 
   eslint-plugin-testcafe@0.2.1: {}
 
@@ -32752,7 +32752,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   graphlib@2.1.8:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
 
   growly@1.3.0: {}
 
@@ -32870,7 +32870,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   gulp-footer@2.1.0:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       map-stream: 0.0.7
 
   gulp-header@2.0.9:
@@ -32891,7 +32891,7 @@ snapshots:
       chalk: 1.1.3
       fancy-log: 1.3.3
       js-beautify: 1.15.1
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       plugin-error: 0.1.2
       rc: 1.2.8
       through2: 2.0.5
@@ -32992,7 +32992,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   gulp-template@5.0.0:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       plugin-error: 0.1.2
       safe-buffer: 5.2.1
       through2: 2.0.5
@@ -33352,7 +33352,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@types/html-minifier-terser': 6.1.0
       html-minifier-terser: 6.1.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       pretty-error: 4.0.0
       tapable: 2.3.0
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -33363,7 +33363,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@types/html-minifier-terser': 6.1.0
       html-minifier-terser: 6.1.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       pretty-error: 4.0.0
       tapable: 2.3.0
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -33374,7 +33374,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@types/html-minifier-terser': 6.1.0
       html-minifier-terser: 6.1.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       pretty-error: 4.0.0
       tapable: 2.3.0
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -33384,7 +33384,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@types/html-minifier-terser': 6.1.0
       html-minifier-terser: 6.1.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       pretty-error: 4.0.0
       tapable: 2.3.0
     optionalDependencies:
@@ -35937,7 +35937,7 @@ snapshots:
       graceful-fs: 4.2.11
       http-proxy: 1.18.1(debug@4.4.3)
       isbinaryfile: 4.0.10
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       log4js: 6.9.1
       mime: 2.6.0
       minimatch: 3.1.5
@@ -36348,7 +36348,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   lodash.uniq@4.5.0: {}
 
-  lodash@4.17.23: {}
+  lodash@4.18.1: {}
 
   log-symbols@4.1.0:
     dependencies:
@@ -36422,7 +36422,7 @@ snapshots:
       concat-stream: 1.6.2
       fs-extra: 8.1.0
       js-graph-algorithms: 1.0.18
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       nested-error-stacks: 2.1.1
       parse-color: 1.0.0
       pngjs: 6.0.0
@@ -37296,7 +37296,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   node-stream@1.7.0:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       readable-stream: 2.3.8
       split2: 2.2.0
       stream-combiner2: 1.1.1
@@ -38348,7 +38348,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   pretty-error@4.0.0:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       renderkid: 3.0.0
 
   pretty-format@23.6.0:
@@ -38998,7 +38998,7 @@ snapshots:
       css-select: 4.3.0
       dom-converter: 0.2.0
       htmlparser2: 6.1.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       strip-ansi: 6.0.1
 
   repeating@1.1.3:
@@ -40992,7 +40992,7 @@ snapshots:
       fs-extra: 10.1.0
       graceful-fs: 4.2.11
       linux-platform-info: 0.0.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       mkdirp: 0.5.6
       mustache: 2.3.2
       nanoid: 3.3.11
@@ -41016,7 +41016,7 @@ snapshots:
       http-cache-semantics: 4.1.1
       httpntlm: 1.8.13
       iconv-lite: 0.5.1
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       lru-cache: 11.0.2
       match-url-wildcard: 0.0.4
       merge-stream: 1.0.1
@@ -41048,7 +41048,7 @@ snapshots:
       http-cache-semantics: 4.1.1
       httpntlm: 1.8.13
       iconv-lite: 0.5.1
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       lru-cache: 11.0.2
       match-url-wildcard: 0.0.4
       merge-stream: 1.0.1
@@ -41073,7 +41073,7 @@ snapshots:
       async: 3.2.3
       dedent: 0.6.0
       highlight-es: 1.0.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       moment: 2.30.1
       mustache: 2.3.2
       os-family: 1.1.0
@@ -41160,7 +41160,7 @@ snapshots:
       is-podman: 1.0.1
       is-stream: 2.0.1
       json5: 2.2.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       log-update-async-hook: 2.0.7
       make-dir: 3.1.0
       mime-db: 1.54.0
@@ -41264,7 +41264,7 @@ snapshots:
       is-podman: 1.0.1
       is-stream: 2.0.1
       json5: 2.2.3
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       log-update-async-hook: 2.0.7
       make-dir: 3.1.0
       mime-db: 1.54.0
@@ -42665,7 +42665,7 @@ snapshots:
       eslint-visitor-keys: 4.2.1
       espree: 10.4.0
       esquery: 1.7.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       semver: 7.7.4
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -42690,7 +42690,7 @@ snapshots:
       eslint-visitor-keys: 1.3.0
       espree: 6.2.1
       esquery: 1.7.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
@@ -42702,7 +42702,7 @@ snapshots:
       eslint-visitor-keys: 3.4.3
       espree: 9.6.1
       esquery: 1.6.0
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
       semver: 7.7.4
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -43023,7 +43023,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   webpack-merge@4.2.2:
     dependencies:
-      lodash: 4.17.23
+      lodash: 4.18.1
 
   webpack-merge@5.10.0:
     dependencies: