diff --git a/examples/webpack/package.json b/examples/webpack/package.json
index 59df141f13a4..9e70c8a0b422 100644
--- a/examples/webpack/package.json
+++ b/examples/webpack/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@
     "typescript": "~5.2.2",
     "util": "^0.12.5",
     "webpack": "^5.108.4",
-    "webpack-cli": "^7.0.2"
+    "webpack-cli": "^7.2.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3c3a7166dd2a..36cda6b071a3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@
         "typescript": "~5.2.2",
         "util": "^0.12.5",
         "webpack": "^5.108.4",
-        "webpack-cli": "^7.0.2"
+        "webpack-cli": "^7.2.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": "20 || 22 || 24"
@@ -3406,9 +3406,9 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/@discoveryjs/json-ext": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@discoveryjs/json-ext/-/json-ext-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dDlz3W405VMFO4w5kIP9DOmELBcvFQGmLoKSdIRstBDubKFYwaNHV1NnlzMCQpXQFGWVALmeMORAuiLx18AvZQ==",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@discoveryjs/json-ext/-/json-ext-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Xc3VhU02wqZ1HvHRJUwL09HkZSTvidqY5Ya0NXBSYOxAp+Ln9dcJr9fySI+CkONzP3PekQo9WdzCv0PGER/mOA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
@@ -16310,15 +16310,6 @@
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       "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
     },
-    "node_modules/fastest-levenshtein": {
-      "version": "1.0.16",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fastest-levenshtein/-/fastest-levenshtein-1.0.16.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-eRnCtTTtGZFpQCwhJiUOuxPQWRXVKYDn0b2PeHfXL6/Zi53SLAzAHfVhVWK2AryC/WH05kGfxhFIPvTF0SXQzg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 4.9.1"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/fastq": {
       "version": "1.15.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fastq/-/fastq-1.15.0.tgz",
@@ -36342,18 +36333,17 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/webpack-cli": {
-      "version": "7.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-cli/-/webpack-cli-7.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dB0R4T+C/8YuvM+fabdvil6QE44/ChDXikV5lOOkrUeCkW5hTJv2pGLE3keh+D5hjYw8icBaJkZzpFoaHV4T+g==",
+      "version": "7.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-cli/-/webpack-cli-7.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YwSGbcZdfz12DM8JIseVPr3oBb09IgVCVc4vY3oDvZnI/mALTGPAP1QiqOi4/bBLSJrRHaqDIXeHcNA0+G38aw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@discoveryjs/json-ext": "^1.0.0",
+        "@discoveryjs/json-ext": "^1.1.0",
         "commander": "^14.0.3",
         "cross-spawn": "^7.0.6",
-        "envinfo": "^7.14.0",
-        "fastest-levenshtein": "^1.0.12",
-        "import-local": "^3.0.2",
+        "envinfo": "^7.21.0",
+        "import-local": "^3.2.0",
         "interpret": "^3.1.1",
         "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
         "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
@@ -36369,11 +36359,23 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
+        "js-yaml": "^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0",
+        "json5": "^2.2.3",
+        "toml": "^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0",
         "webpack": "^5.101.0",
         "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0",
-        "webpack-dev-server": "^5.0.0"
+        "webpack-dev-server": "^5.0.0 || ^6.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "js-yaml": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "json5": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "toml": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
         "webpack-bundle-analyzer": {
           "optional": true
         },
@@ -36405,6 +36407,26 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/webpack-cli/node_modules/import-local": {
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/import-local/-/import-local-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2SPlun1JUPWoM6t3F0dw0FkCF/jWY8kttcY4f599GLTSjh2OCuuhdTkJQsEcZzBqbXZGKMK2OqW1oZsjtf/gQA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "pkg-dir": "^4.2.0",
+        "resolve-cwd": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "import-local-fixture": "fixtures/cli.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/webpack-merge": {
       "version": "6.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-merge/-/webpack-merge-6.0.1.tgz",