diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f8799986b..b949b33c2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Bedrock is an open source project and completely free to use. If you've benefited from our projects and would like to support our future endeavors, please consider [sponsoring Roots](https://github.com/sponsors/roots).
 
 <div align="center">
-<a href="https://k-m.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/km-digital.svg" alt="KM Digital" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://carrot.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/carrot.svg" alt="Carrot" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://wordpress.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/wordpress.svg" alt="WordPress.com" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://worksitesafety.ca/careers/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/worksite-safety.svg" alt="Worksite Safety" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://www.copiadigital.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/copia-digital.svg" alt="Copia Digital" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://www.freave.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/freave.svg" alt="Freave" width="120" height="90"></a>
+<a href="https://k-m.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/km-digital.svg" alt="KM Digital" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://carrot.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/carrot.svg" alt="Carrot" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://wordpress.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/wordpress.svg" alt="WordPress.com" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://worksitesafety.ca/careers/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/worksite-safety.svg" alt="Worksite Safety" width="120" height="90"></a>
 </div>
 
 ## Overview
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a631bc2ef8..6b8aa7dfb7 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "oscarotero/env": "^2.1",
     "roots/bedrock-autoloader": "^1.0",
     "roots/bedrock-disallow-indexing": "^2.0",
-    "roots/wordpress": "6.4.3",
+    "roots/wordpress": "6.5.3",
     "roots/wp-config": "1.0.0",
     "roots/wp-password-bcrypt": "1.1.0",
     "wpackagist-theme/twentytwentyfour": "^1.0"
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 26c45a00f6..7f4c1823f6 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "ef7b30cbe4ebeb52afef87ba71f22ca4",
+    "content-hash": "4caabeb34a3f9ea038b25de5a153753f",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "composer/installers",
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "roots/wordpress",
-            "version": "6.4.3",
+            "version": "6.5.3",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/roots/wordpress.git",
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/roots/wordpress/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/roots/wordpress/tree/6.4.3"
+                "source": "https://github.com/roots/wordpress/tree/6.5.3"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -578,22 +578,22 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "roots/wordpress-no-content",
-            "version": "6.4.3",
+            "version": "6.5.3",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress.git",
-                "reference": "6.4.3"
+                "reference": "6.5.3"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-6.4.3-no-content.zip",
-                "shasum": "4138c6337bf524159b406d5b27916deebb0f78df"
+                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-6.5.3-no-content.zip",
+                "shasum": "adeffdc339d34eab4209e88b17966d8917e36e91"
             },
             "require": {
                 "php": ">= 7.0.0"
             },
             "provide": {
-                "wordpress/core-implementation": "6.4.3"
+                "wordpress/core-implementation": "6.5.3"
             },
             "suggest": {
                 "ext-curl": "Performs remote request operations.",
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
                     "type": "other"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-01-30T19:32:01+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-05-07T16:02:20+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "roots/wp-config",
@@ -1096,15 +1096,15 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "wpackagist-theme/twentytwentyfour",
-            "version": "1.0",
+            "version": "1.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "svn",
                 "url": "https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/twentytwentyfour/",
-                "reference": "1.0"
+                "reference": "1.1"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentytwentyfour.1.0.zip"
+                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentytwentyfour.1.1.zip"
             },
             "require": {
                 "composer/installers": "^1.0 || ^2.0"
@@ -1531,16 +1531,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "3.8.1",
+            "version": "3.9.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "14f5fff1e64118595db5408e946f3a22c75807f7"
+                "reference": "267a4405fff1d9c847134db3a3c92f1ab7f77909"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/14f5fff1e64118595db5408e946f3a22c75807f7",
-                "reference": "14f5fff1e64118595db5408e946f3a22c75807f7",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/267a4405fff1d9c847134db3a3c92f1ab7f77909",
+                "reference": "267a4405fff1d9c847134db3a3c92f1ab7f77909",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@
                     "type": "open_collective"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-01-11T20:47:48+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-03-31T21:03:09+00:00"
         }
     ],
     "aliases": [],
diff --git a/config/application.php b/config/application.php
index 99c8ba2bf3..702f6e53da 100644
--- a/config/application.php
+++ b/config/application.php
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 use Roots\WPConfig\Config;
 use function Env\env;
 
+// USE_ENV_ARRAY + CONVERT_* + STRIP_QUOTES
+Env\Env::$options = 31;
+
 /**
  * Directory containing all of the site's files
  *
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@
         ? ['.env', '.env.local']
         : ['.env'];
 
-    $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createUnsafeImmutable($root_dir, $env_files, false);
+    $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable($root_dir, $env_files, false);
 
     $dotenv->load();