diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fd703408..16054dcf0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ endif()
 option(ENABLE_OPENSSL "Enable OpenSSL backend for ISslConnection" ${DEFAULT_ENABLE_OPENSSL})
 
 if (ANDROID AND CITRON_DOWNLOAD_ANDROID_VVL)
-    set(vvl_version "sdk-1.3.261.1")
+    set(vvl_version "vulkan-sdk-1.4.304.1")
     set(vvl_zip_file "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/vvl-android.zip")
     if (NOT EXISTS "${vvl_zip_file}")
         # Download and extract validation layer release to externals directory
         set(vvl_base_url "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers/releases/download")
-        file(DOWNLOAD "${vvl_base_url}/${vvl_version}/android-binaries-${vvl_version}-android.zip"
+        file(DOWNLOAD "${vvl_base_url}/${vvl_version}/android-binaries-1.4.304.1.zip"
             "${vvl_zip_file}" SHOW_PROGRESS)
         execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xf "${vvl_zip_file}"
                         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals")
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 find_package(zstd REQUIRED)
 
 if (NOT CITRON_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS)
-    find_package(VulkanHeaders 1.4.306 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(VulkanHeaders 1.4.304.1 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT CITRON_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
@@ -335,19 +335,19 @@ if (NOT CITRON_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_LIBUSB)
-    find_package(libusb 1.0.24 MODULE)
+    find_package(libusb MODULE)
 endif()
 
 if (ARCHITECTURE_x86 OR ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
-    find_package(xbyak 6 CONFIG)
+    find_package(xbyak CONFIG)
 endif()
 
 if (ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
-    find_package(oaknut 2.0.1 CONFIG)
+    find_package(oaknut CONFIG)
 endif()
 
 if (ARCHITECTURE_x86_64 OR ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
-    find_package(dynarmic 6.4.0 CONFIG)
+    find_package(dynarmic CONFIG)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_CUBEB)
@@ -359,12 +359,12 @@ if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
-    find_package(cpp-jwt 1.4 CONFIG)
-    find_package(httplib 0.12 MODULE COMPONENTS OpenSSL)
+    find_package(cpp-jwt CONFIG)
+    find_package(httplib MODULE COMPONENTS OpenSSL)
 endif()
 
 if (CITRON_TESTS)
-    find_package(Catch2 3.0.1 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Catch2 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 # boost:asio has functions that require AcceptEx et al
@@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ if (MINGW)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.1 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    find_package(gamemode 1.7 MODULE)
+    find_package(gamemode MODULE)
 endif()
 
 # Please consider this as a stub
@@ -416,10 +416,13 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(externals)
 
+if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
+    target_compile_options(discord-rpc PRIVATE -fpermissive)
+endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_QT)
     if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_QT)
-        download_qt(6.7.3)
+        download_qt(6.8.2)
     endif()
 
     find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets Multimedia Concurrent Network)
@@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ list(APPEND CITRON_QT_COMPONENTS2 Multimedia)
 endif()
 if (NOT CITRON_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
     # Use system installed FFmpeg
-    find_package(FFmpeg 4.3 REQUIRED QUIET COMPONENTS ${FFmpeg_COMPONENTS})
+    find_package(FFmpeg REQUIRED QUIET COMPONENTS ${FFmpeg_COMPONENTS})
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_QT)
@@ -673,7 +676,3 @@ if(ENABLE_QT AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     install(FILES "dist/org.citron_emu.citron.metainfo.xml"
             DESTINATION "share/metainfo")
 endif()
-
-if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
-    target_compile_options(discord-rpc PRIVATE -fpermissive)
-endif()
diff --git a/externals/Vulkan-Headers b/externals/Vulkan-Headers
index 39f924b81..234c4b737 160000
--- a/externals/Vulkan-Headers
+++ b/externals/Vulkan-Headers
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 39f924b810e561fd86b2558b6711ca68d4363f68
+Subproject commit 234c4b7370a8ea3239a214c9e871e4b17c89f4ab
diff --git a/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator b/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
index 72c309a83..c788c5215 160000
--- a/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
+++ b/externals/VulkanMemoryAllocator
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 72c309a83bc1997cf9b3d754d694120c65ce109c
+Subproject commit c788c52156f3ef7bc7ab769cb03c110a53ac8fcb
diff --git a/externals/vcpkg b/externals/vcpkg
index 561cf50a7..74ec888e3 160000
--- a/externals/vcpkg
+++ b/externals/vcpkg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 561cf50a731761f9890fb720f830cb3501b8472d
+Subproject commit 74ec888e385d189b42d6b398d0bbaa6f1b1d3b0e