diff --git a/etc/dependency-check-suppression.xml b/etc/dependency-check-suppression.xml
index e7006be7a6e..1607adca4aa 100644
--- a/etc/dependency-check-suppression.xml
+++ b/etc/dependency-check-suppression.xml
@@ -148,5 +148,51 @@
    <cve>CVE-2023-4759</cve>
 </suppress>
 
+<!--
+    False Positives. These CVEs are against the Brave web browser, not brave-opentracing.
+-->
+<suppress>
+   <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: brave-opentracing-1.0.0.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+   <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentracing\.brave/brave\-opentracing@.*$</packageUrl>
+   <cve>CVE-2022-47932</cve>
+</suppress>
+<suppress>
+   <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: brave-opentracing-1.0.0.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+   <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentracing\.brave/brave\-opentracing@.*$</packageUrl>
+   <cve>CVE-2022-47933</cve>
+</suppress>
+<suppress>
+   <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: brave-opentracing-1.0.0.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+   <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentracing\.brave/brave\-opentracing@.*$</packageUrl>
+   <cve>CVE-2022-47934</cve>
+</suppress>
+<suppress>
+   <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: brave-opentracing-1.0.0.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+   <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentracing\.brave/brave\-opentracing@.*$</packageUrl>
+   <cve>CVE-2021-22929</cve>
+</suppress>
+<suppress>
+   <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: brave-opentracing-1.0.0.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+   <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentracing\.brave/brave\-opentracing@.*$</packageUrl>
+   <cve>CVE-2022-30334</cve>
+</suppress>
+<suppress>
+   <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: brave-opentracing-1.0.0.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+   <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentracing\.brave/brave\-opentracing@.*$</packageUrl>
+   <cve>CVE-2023-28360</cve>
+</suppress>
+
 
 </suppressions>
diff --git a/etc/scripts/owasp-dependency-check.sh b/etc/scripts/owasp-dependency-check.sh
index bfa3ab9db90..26323577581 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/owasp-dependency-check.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/owasp-dependency-check.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ if [ -n "${JENKINS_HOME}"  ] || [ "${GITHUB_ACTIONS}" = "true" ]; then
     mvn ${MAVEN_ARGS} -f ${WS_DIR}/pom.xml clean install -DskipTests
 fi
 
+# Setting NVD_API_KEY is not required but improves behavior of NVD API throttling
+
 mvn ${MAVEN_ARGS} -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=WARN org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:aggregate \
         -f ${WS_DIR}/pom.xml \
         -Dtop.parent.basedir="${WS_DIR}" \
+        -Dnvd-api-key=${NVD_API_KEY} \
         > ${RESULT_FILE} || die "Error running the Maven command"
 
 grep -i "One or more dependencies were identified with known vulnerabilities" ${RESULT_FILE} \
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1f70d15a28..e9f4777fc1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <version.plugin.source>3.3.0</version.plugin.source>
         <version.plugin.spotbugs>4.4.2.2</version.plugin.spotbugs>
         <version.plugin.findsecbugs>1.11.0</version.plugin.findsecbugs>
-        <version.plugin.dependency-check>8.4.3</version.plugin.dependency-check>
+        <version.plugin.dependency-check>9.0.4</version.plugin.dependency-check>
         <version.plugin.surefire>3.0.0</version.plugin.surefire>
         <version.plugin.toolchains>1.1</version.plugin.toolchains>
         <version.plugin.version-plugin>2.3</version.plugin.version-plugin>
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@
                         <skipTestScope>true</skipTestScope>
                         <failBuildOnAnyVulnerability>false</failBuildOnAnyVulnerability>
                         <assemblyAnalyzerEnabled>false</assemblyAnalyzerEnabled>
+			# If provide improves rate limits
+			<nvdApiKey>${nvd-api-key}</nvdApiKey>
                         <excludes>
                             <!-- Exclude stuff we do not deploy -->
                             <exclude>io.helidon.tracing:helidon-tracing-tests</exclude>