diff --git a/.changeset/clean-crews-draw.md b/.changeset/clean-crews-draw.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3216488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-crews-draw.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@wpengine/wp-graphql-content-blocks": patch
+---
+
+chore: remove `squizlabs/php_codesniffer` from Composer's direct dependencies.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 56af64b1..4b94457d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint": "^1.3",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
     "yoast/phpunit-polyfills": "^1.0",
-    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.7",
     "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10",
     "phpstan/extension-installer": "^1.3",
     "szepeviktor/phpstan-wordpress": "^1.3",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 026562c3..53063d1a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "f13b8ebc87b833928dcb8ff3475f18b6",
+    "content-hash": "e195db6610328483e6cc589d5f5cde33",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "blakewilson/wp-enforce-semver",
@@ -3738,16 +3738,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "3.7.2",
+            "version": "3.9.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "ed8e00df0a83aa96acf703f8c2979ff33341f879"
+                "url": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
+                "reference": "d63cee4890a8afaf86a22e51ad4d97c91dd4579b"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/ed8e00df0a83aa96acf703f8c2979ff33341f879",
-                "reference": "ed8e00df0a83aa96acf703f8c2979ff33341f879",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/d63cee4890a8afaf86a22e51ad4d97c91dd4579b",
+                "reference": "d63cee4890a8afaf86a22e51ad4d97c91dd4579b",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -3757,11 +3757,11 @@
                 "php": ">=5.4.0"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0 || ^5.0 || ^6.0 || ^7.0"
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0 || ^5.0 || ^6.0 || ^7.0 || ^8.0 || ^9.3.4"
             },
             "bin": [
-                "bin/phpcs",
-                "bin/phpcbf"
+                "bin/phpcbf",
+                "bin/phpcs"
             ],
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
@@ -3776,22 +3776,45 @@
             "authors": [
                 {
                     "name": "Greg Sherwood",
-                    "role": "lead"
+                    "role": "Former lead"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Juliette Reinders Folmer",
+                    "role": "Current lead"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Contributors",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/graphs/contributors"
                 }
             ],
             "description": "PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards.",
-            "homepage": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer",
             "keywords": [
                 "phpcs",
                 "standards",
                 "static analysis"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer",
-                "wiki": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki"
+                "issues": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues",
+                "security": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/security/policy",
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer",
+                "wiki": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki"
             },
-            "time": "2023-02-22T23:07:41+00:00"
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/jrfnl",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://opencollective.com/php_codesniffer",
+                    "type": "open_collective"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-02-16T15:06:51+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/polyfill-php73",
@@ -4125,5 +4148,5 @@
     "platform-overrides": {
         "php": "7.4"
     },
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.3.0"
 }