diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 5233627bc..7651fd0c1 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {:paths ["src/main/clojure" "src/main/cljs" "resources"]
  :deps
- {com.google.javascript/closure-compiler {:mvn/version "v20250402"}
+ {com.google.javascript/closure-compiler {:mvn/version "v20250820"}
   com.cognitect/transit-java {:mvn/version "1.0.362"}
   org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.0"}
   org.clojure/core.specs.alpha {:mvn/version "0.1.24"}
diff --git a/pom.template.xml b/pom.template.xml
index 884a2d628..04b86a6c6 100644
--- a/pom.template.xml
+++ b/pom.template.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.javascript</groupId>
             <artifactId>closure-compiler</artifactId>
-            <version>v20250402</version>
+            <version>v20250820</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 3977529e5..0bba1a489 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1" :scope "test"]
                  [com.cognitect/transit-java "1.0.362"]
                  [org.clojure/google-closure-library "0.0-20250515-f04e4c0e"]
-                 [com.google.javascript/closure-compiler "v20250402"]]
+                 [com.google.javascript/closure-compiler "v20250820"]]
   :profiles {:1.6 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0"]]}
              :uberjar {:aot :all :main cljs.main}
              :closure-snapshot {:dependencies [[com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded "1.0-SNAPSHOT"]]}}
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 6b2a6e44b..464cc08da 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 CLOJURE_RELEASE="1.9.0"
 SPEC_ALPHA_RELEASE="0.1.143"
 CORE_SPECS_ALPHA_RELEASE="0.1.24"
-CLOSURE_RELEASE="20250402"
+CLOSURE_RELEASE="20250820"
 GCLOSURE_LIB_RELEASE="0.0-20250515-f04e4c0e"
 TREADER_RELEASE="1.3.6"
 TEST_CHECK_RELEASE="1.1.1"
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj b/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj
index 05fa761aa..f91c52d77 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
    :report-unknown-types DiagnosticGroups/REPORT_UNKNOWN_TYPES
    :strict-missing-properties DiagnosticGroups/STRICT_MISSING_PROPERTIES
    :strict-module-dep-check DiagnosticGroups/STRICT_MODULE_DEP_CHECK
-   :strict-requires DiagnosticGroups/STRICT_REQUIRES
    :suspicious-code DiagnosticGroups/SUSPICIOUS_CODE
    :too-many-type-params DiagnosticGroups/TOO_MANY_TYPE_PARAMS
    :tweaks DiagnosticGroups/TWEAKS
@@ -1970,13 +1969,7 @@
         (.toSource closure-compiler ast-root)))))
 
 (defn- sorting-dependency-options []
-  (try
-    (if (contains? (:flags (clojure.reflect/reflect DependencyOptions)) :abstract)
-      (eval '(do
-               (import '(com.google.javascript.jscomp DependencyOptions))
-               (DependencyOptions/sortOnly)))
-      (doto (DependencyOptions.)
-        (.setDependencySorting true)))))
+  (DependencyOptions/sortOnly))
 
 (defn convert-js-modules
   "Takes a list JavaScript modules as an IJavaScript and rewrites them into a Google