diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 42bd8fa383..b64de2c1e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ jobs:
             # cc_compiler: gcc-13
             # cxx_compiler: g++-13
             cxx_std: 23
-            fmt_ver: 12.1.0
-            fmt_commit: 407c905e45ad75fc29bf0f9bb7c5c2fd3475976f
+            fmt_ver: 12.2.0
+            fmt_commit: 1be298e1bd68957e4cd352e1f676f00e07dcfb57
             opencolorio_ver: v2.5.0
-            openexr_ver: v3.4.3
+            openexr_ver: v3.4.13
             pybind11_ver: v3.0.2
             python_ver: "3.12"
             simd: avx2,f16c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
                             LIBTIFF_VERSION=v4.7.1
                             OPENJPEG_VERSION=v2.5.4
                             PTEX_VERSION=v2.5.0
-                            PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.15
+                            PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.16
                             WEBP_VERSION=v1.6.0
                             FREETYPE_VERSION=VER-2-14-1
                             USE_OPENVDB=0
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
             # Ensure we are testing all the deps we think we are. We would
             # like this test to have minimal missing dependencies.
             required_deps: all
-            optional_deps: 'CUDAToolkit;DCMTK;JXL;Nuke;OpenCV;OpenGL;OpenVDB;R3DSDK'
+            optional_deps: 'CUDAToolkit;DCMTK;JXL;Nuke;OpenCV;OpenGL;openjph;OpenVDB;R3DSDK'
           - desc: bleeding edge gcc16 C++26 py3.12 OCIO/libtiff/exr-main avx2
             nametag: linux-bleeding-edge
             runner: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ jobs:
             cc_compiler: gcc-12
             cxx_compiler: g++-12
             cxx_std: 17
+            fmt_ver: 12.1.0
+            fmt_commit: 407c905e45ad75fc29bf0f9bb7c5c2fd3475976f
             python_ver: "3.10"
             simd: avx2,f16c
             build_local_deps: all
@@ -401,10 +403,10 @@ jobs:
             cc_compiler: gcc-14
             cxx_compiler: g++-14
             cxx_std: 20
-            fmt_ver: 12.1.0
-            fmt_commit: 407c905e45ad75fc29bf0f9bb7c5c2fd3475976f
+            fmt_ver: 12.2.0
+            fmt_commit: 1be298e1bd68957e4cd352e1f676f00e07dcfb57
             opencolorio_ver: v2.5.0
-            openexr_ver: v3.4.3
+            openexr_ver: v3.4.13
             pybind11_ver: v3.0.2
             python_ver: "3.12"
             setenvs: export LIBJPEGTURBO_VERSION=3.1.2
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ jobs:
                             LIBTIFF_VERSION=v4.7.1
                             OPENJPEG_VERSION=v2.5.4
                             PTEX_VERSION=v2.4.3
-                            PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.15
+                            PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.16
                             WEBP_VERSION=v1.6.0
                             FREETYPE_VERSION=VER-2-14-1
                             USE_OPENVDB=0
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ jobs:
             fmt_ver: 12.1.0
             fmt_commit: 407c905e45ad75fc29bf0f9bb7c5c2fd3475976f
             opencolorio_ver: v2.5.0
-            openexr_ver: v3.4.3
+            openexr_ver: v3.4.13
             pybind11_ver: v3.0.2
             python_ver: "3.12"
             setenvs: export LIBJPEGTURBO_VERSION=3.1.2
@@ -435,7 +437,7 @@ jobs:
                             LIBTIFF_VERSION=v4.7.1
                             OPENJPEG_VERSION=v2.5.4
                             PTEX_VERSION=v2.4.3
-                            PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.15
+                            PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.16
                             WEBP_VERSION=v1.6.0
                             FREETYPE_VERSION=VER-2-14-1
                             USE_OPENVDB=0
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 68c1b4a6c4..944f22b157 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ NEW or CHANGED MINIMUM dependencies since the last major release are **bold**.
  * libjpeg >= 8 (tested through jpeg9e), or libjpeg-turbo >= 2.1 (tested
    through 3.1)
  * zlib >= 1.2.7 (tested through 1.3.2)
- * **[fmtlib](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt) >= 9.0** (tested through 12.1 and master).
+ * **[fmtlib](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt) >= 9.0** (tested through 12.2 and master).
    If not found at build time, this will be automatically downloaded and built.
  * [Robin-map](https://github.com/Tessil/robin-map) (unknown minimum, tested
    through 1.4, which is the recommended version). If not found at build time,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ NEW or CHANGED MINIMUM dependencies since the last major release are **bold**.
    tree, but if you want to use an external, system-installed version (as
    may be required by some software distributions with policies against
    embedding other projects), then just build with `-DUSE_EXTERNAL_PUGIXML=1`.
-   Any PugiXML >= 1.8 should be fine (we have tested through 1.15).
+   Any PugiXML >= 1.8 should be fine (we have tested through 1.16).
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/cmake/build_fmt.cmake b/src/cmake/build_fmt.cmake
index eedf707e1a..5df8f6add3 100644
--- a/src/cmake/build_fmt.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/build_fmt.cmake
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ build_dependency_with_cmake(fmt
     GIT_COMMIT      ${fmt_GIT_COMMIT}
     CMAKE_ARGS
         # -D CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
-        # Don't built unnecessary parts of fmt
+        # Don't build unnecessary parts of fmt
         -D FMT_DOC=OFF
         -D FMT_TEST=OFF
     )