diff --git a/packages/wdio/package.json b/packages/wdio/package.json
index c8a6dfca..f28d86bf 100644
--- a/packages/wdio/package.json
+++ b/packages/wdio/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@sa11y/test-utils": "5.1.0",
-        "webdriverio": "8.43.0"
+        "webdriverio": "8.44.0"
     },
     "publishConfig": {
         "access": "public"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8abb7747..98b08c20 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3790,10 +3790,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@wdio/protocols/-/protocols-7.27.0.tgz#8e2663ec877dce7a5f76b021209c18dd0132e853"
   integrity sha512-hT/U22R5i3HhwPjkaKAG0yd59eaOaZB0eibRj2+esCImkb5Y6rg8FirrlYRxIGFVBl0+xZV0jKHzR5+o097nvg==
 
-"@wdio/protocols@8.40.3":
-  version "8.40.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@wdio/protocols/-/protocols-8.40.3.tgz#cf823f4a571b650750b12b9033b65cf177fdb367"
-  integrity sha512-wK7+eyrB3TAei8RwbdkcyoNk2dPu+mduMBOdPJjp8jf/mavd15nIUXLID1zA+w5m1Qt1DsT1NbvaeO9+aJQ33A==
+"@wdio/protocols@8.44.0":
+  version "8.44.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@wdio/protocols/-/protocols-8.44.0.tgz#a48300b8d0a102a591de1e80c95a27c0cde49044"
+  integrity sha512-Do+AW3xuDUHWkrX++LeMBSrX2yRILlDqunRHPMv4adGFEA45m7r4WP8wGCDb+chrHGhXq5TwB9Ne4J7x1dHGng==
 
 "@wdio/repl@7.40.0":
   version "7.40.0"
@@ -14857,16 +14857,16 @@ webdriver@7.40.0:
     ky "0.30.0"
     lodash.merge "^4.6.1"
 
-webdriver@8.43.0:
-  version "8.43.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webdriver/-/webdriver-8.43.0.tgz#98c3b027c6534285b1cda3331dd146e91ac97add"
-  integrity sha512-cfyqymgFae4gtxuvp/nz7Yat3qqlEyxopQL7H6MSSOey+mXq3kYZZ0auyuhGaaPvDidOY3Oh597cEB2ft8pW3A==
+webdriver@8.44.0:
+  version "8.44.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webdriver/-/webdriver-8.44.0.tgz#562c8413abc859f1645f66da93ad4c4e3fc4fcc0"
+  integrity sha512-7+mMyz6XNkJWDSYf3gGHBwJxdjzvJvZF4/e8JCAICpI/EbZE2N6GmrpCV/4BskwtohhiTgzA5ehthSQQa6hXIA==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "^22.2.0"
     "@types/ws" "^8.5.3"
     "@wdio/config" "8.43.0"
     "@wdio/logger" "8.38.0"
-    "@wdio/protocols" "8.40.3"
+    "@wdio/protocols" "8.44.0"
     "@wdio/types" "8.41.0"
     "@wdio/utils" "8.41.0"
     deepmerge-ts "^5.1.0"
@@ -14907,15 +14907,15 @@ webdriverio@7.40.0:
     serialize-error "^8.0.0"
     webdriver "7.40.0"
 
-webdriverio@8.43.0:
-  version "8.43.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webdriverio/-/webdriverio-8.43.0.tgz#3e6faab835c2de6226b18895a8786570b1f0c35b"
-  integrity sha512-aBwK25CmBQZ98MMlLteMiDiqpuQUsd1RcK6OU2eS921SM1JX4WJGCo27FAgcweb1ehX7rECL1qai1WFCrGfWIA==
+webdriverio@8.44.0:
+  version "8.44.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webdriverio/-/webdriverio-8.44.0.tgz#0128a905a58c306a5ea5a1b440a4b0bbb24290b0"
+  integrity sha512-yipf4nqJgFT4JsuP1pMai/4aEluPWIqY2YGQuZGamiabZFy74CCpgoRMVI1V+C7AsrLwZLKvOxOvTFmohIFTeg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "^22.2.0"
     "@wdio/config" "8.43.0"
     "@wdio/logger" "8.38.0"
-    "@wdio/protocols" "8.40.3"
+    "@wdio/protocols" "8.44.0"
     "@wdio/repl" "8.40.3"
     "@wdio/types" "8.41.0"
     "@wdio/utils" "8.41.0"
@@ -14936,7 +14936,7 @@ webdriverio@8.43.0:
     resq "^1.9.1"
     rgb2hex "0.2.5"
     serialize-error "^11.0.1"
-    webdriver "8.43.0"
+    webdriver "8.44.0"
 
 webidl-conversions@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"