Ed Radcliffe focused on enhancing dependency management for the hmcts/enforcement-api repository, addressing a critical issue where transitive and parent dependency versions were conflated, which previously led to build instability and ambiguous versioning. By leveraging XML and build tools, Ed implemented a targeted fix that clarified dependency boundaries and improved the accuracy of security scans. He updated the x-stream library to a secure version and introduced suppression for specific CVEs in mxparser, reducing false positives and mitigating supply chain risk. This work resulted in more reproducible builds and cleaner security reports, demonstrating depth in dependency management and build tool expertise.