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@@ -6005,9 +6191,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.1.tgz",
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diff --git a/javascript/package.json b/javascript/package.json
index 71b77bc9c..99a6279cf 100644
--- a/javascript/package.json
+++ b/javascript/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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     "@types/chai": "^4.3.5",
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