diff --git a/.changeset/green-mangos-tickle.md b/.changeset/green-mangos-tickle.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65ce55512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/green-mangos-tickle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@asyncapi/parser": patch
+---
+
+fix: upgrade `ajv` to version `8.17.1` to lay the foundation for fixing https://github.com/asyncapi/parser-js/issues/980 in `Studio`
diff --git a/packages/parser/package.json b/packages/parser/package.json
index 8932b6603..8fcf367a1 100644
--- a/packages/parser/package.json
+++ b/packages/parser/package.json
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
     "@stoplight/json": "3.21.0",
     "@stoplight/json-ref-readers": "^1.2.2",
     "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver": "^3.1.5",
-    "@stoplight/spectral-core": "^1.16.1",
+    "@stoplight/spectral-core": "^1.18.3",
     "@stoplight/spectral-functions": "^1.7.2",
     "@stoplight/spectral-parsers": "^1.0.2",
     "@stoplight/spectral-ref-resolver": "^1.0.3",
     "@stoplight/types": "^13.12.0",
     "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.11",
     "@types/urijs": "^1.19.19",
-    "ajv": "^8.11.0",
+    "ajv": "^8.17.1",
     "ajv-errors": "^3.0.0",
     "ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
     "avsc": "^5.7.5",