diff --git a/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md b/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
index 293d3f09360180..2e5f348f7bae04 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
@@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ directories to create the Node.js binaries.
 All dependencies are located within the `deps` directory.
 This a list of all the dependencies:
 
-* [acorn 8.11.2][]
-* [ada 2.7.4][]
-* [base64 0.5.1][]
-* [brotli 1.0.9][]
-* [c-ares 1.20.1][]
-* [cjs-module-lexer 1.2.2][]
+* [acorn][]
+* [ada][]
+* [base64][]
+* [brotli][]
+* [c-ares][]
+* [cjs-module-lexer][]
 * [corepack][]
-* [googletest 76bb2af][]
-* [histogram 0.11.8][]
-* [icu-small 74.1][]
-* [libuv 1.46.0][]
-* [llhttp 8.1.0][]
-* [minimatch 9.0.3][]
-* [nghttp2 1.58.0][]
-* [nghttp3 0.7.0][]
-* [ngtcp2 0.8.1][]
-* [npm 9.6.7][]
-* [openssl 3.0.8][]
-* [postject 1.0.0-alpha.6][]
-* [simdutf 4.0.4][]
-* [undici 5.27.2][]
-* [uvwasi 0.0.19][]
-* [V8 11.3.244.8][]
-* [zlib 1.3.0.1-motley-dd5fc13][]
+* [googletest][]
+* [histogram][]
+* [icu-small][]
+* [libuv][]
+* [llhttp][]
+* [minimatch][]
+* [nghttp2][]
+* [nghttp3][]
+* [ngtcp2][]
+* [npm][]
+* [openssl][]
+* [postject][]
+* [simdutf][]
+* [undici][]
+* [uvwasi][]
+* [V8][]
+* [zlib][]
 
 Any code which meets one or more of these conditions should
 be managed as a dependency:
@@ -144,35 +144,35 @@ takes care of npm update, it is maintained by the npm team.
 
 ## Dependency list
 
-### acorn 8.11.2
+### acorn
 
 The [acorn](https://github.com/acornjs/acorn) dependency is a JavaScript parser.
 [acorn-walk](https://github.com/acornjs/acorn/tree/master/acorn-walk) is
 an abstract syntax tree walker for the ESTree format.
 
-### ada 2.7.4
+### ada
 
 The [ada](https://github.com/ada-url/ada) dependency is a
 fast and spec-compliant URL parser written in C++.
 
-### base64 0.5.1
+### base64
 
 The [base64](https://github.com/aklomp/base64) dependency is a base64
 stream encoding/decoding library in C99 with SIMD and OpenMP acceleration.
 It also contains wrapper functions to encode/decode simple
 length-delimited strings.
 
-### brotli 1.0.9
+### brotli
 
 The [brotli](https://github.com/google/brotli) dependency is
 used for the homonym generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm.
 
-### c-ares 1.20.1
+### c-ares
 
 The [c-ares](https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares) is a C library
 for asynchronous DNS requests.
 
-### cjs-module-lexer 1.2.2
+### cjs-module-lexer
 
 The [cjs-module-lexer](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/HEAD/deps/cjs-module-lexer)
 dependency is used within the Node.js ESM implementation to detect the
@@ -189,52 +189,52 @@ In practical terms, Corepack will let you use Yarn and pnpm without having to
 install them - just like what currently happens with npm, which is shipped
 by Node.js by default.
 
-### googletest 76bb2af
+### googletest
 
 The [googletest](https://github.com/google/googletest) dependency is Google’s
 C++ testing and mocking framework.
 
-### histogram 0.11.8
+### histogram
 
 The [histogram](https://github.com/HdrHistogram/HdrHistogram_c) dependency is
 a C port of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Histogram.
 
-### icu-small 74.1
+### ic
 
 The [icu](http://site.icu-project.org) is widely used set of C/C++
 and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization
 support for software applications.
 See [maintaining-icu][] for more informations.
 
-### libuv 1.46.0
+### libuv
 
 The [libuv](https://github.com/libuv/libuv) dependency is a
 multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.
 It was primarily developed for use by Node.js.
 
-### llhttp 8.1.0
+### llhttp
 
 The [llhttp](https://github.com/nodejs/llhttp) dependency is
 the http parser used by Node.js.
 See [maintaining-http][] for more informations.
 
-### minimatch 9.0.3
+### minimatch
 
 The [minimatch](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch) dependency is a
 minimal matching utility.
 
-### nghttp2 1.58.0
+### nghttp2
 
 The [nghttp2](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2) dependency is a C library
 implementing HTTP/2 protocol.
 See [maintaining-http][] for more informations.
 
-### nghttp3 0.7.0
+### nghttp3
 
 The [nghttp3](https://github.com/ngtcp2/nghttp3) dependency is HTTP/3 library
 written in C. See ngtcp2 for more informations.
 
-### ngtcp2 0.8.1
+### ngtcp2
 
 The ngtcp2 and nghttp3 dependencies provide the core functionality for
 QUIC and HTTP/3.
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ The `nghttp3` library depends on `ngtcp2`. Both should always be updated
 together. From `ngtcp2` we only want the contents of the `lib` and `crypto`
 directories; from `nghttp3` we only want the contents of the `lib` directory.
 
-### npm 9.6.7
+### npm
 
 The [npm](https://github.com/npm/cli) dependency is
 the package manager for JavaScript.
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ are at the discretion of the release and LTS teams.
 This process only covers full updates to new versions of npm. Cherry-picked
 changes can be reviewed and landed via the normal consensus seeking process.
 
-### openssl 3.0.8
+### openssl
 
 The [openssl](https://github.com/quictls/openssl) dependency is a
 fork of OpenSSL to enable QUIC.
@@ -281,23 +281,23 @@ the main openssl/openssl releases with the addition of APIs to support
 the QUIC protocol.
 See [maintaining-openssl][] for more informations.
 
-### postject 1.0.0-alpha.6
+### postject
 
 The [postject](https://github.com/nodejs/postject) dependency is used for the
 [Single Executable strategic initiative](https://github.com/nodejs/single-executable).
 
-### simdutf 4.0.4
+### simdutf
 
 The [simdutf](https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf) dependency is
 a C++ library for fast UTF-8 decoding and encoding.
 
-### undici 5.27.2
+### undici
 
 The [undici](https://github.com/nodejs/undici) dependency is an HTTP/1.1 client,
 written from scratch for Node.js..
 See [maintaining-http][] for more informations.
 
-### uvwasi 0.0.19
+### uvwasi
 
 The [uvwasi](https://github.com/nodejs/uvwasi) dependency implements
 the WASI system call API, so that WebAssembly runtimes can easily
@@ -305,48 +305,48 @@ implement WASI calls.
 Under the hood, uvwasi leverages libuv where possible for maximum portability.
 See [maintaining-web-assembly][] for more informations.
 
-### V8 11.3.244.8
+### V8
 
 [V8](https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/) is Google's open source
 high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++.
 See [maintaining-V8][] for more informations.
 
-### zlib 1.3.0.1-motley-dd5fc13
+### zlib
 
 The [zlib](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/third_party/zlib)
 dependency lossless data-compression library,
 it comes from the Chromium team's zlib fork which incorporated
 performance improvements not currently available in standard zlib.
 
-[acorn 8.11.2]: #acorn-8112
-[ada 2.7.4]: #ada-274
-[base64 0.5.1]: #base64-051
-[brotli 1.0.9]: #brotli-109
-[c-ares 1.20.1]: #c-ares-1201
-[cjs-module-lexer 1.2.2]: #cjs-module-lexer-122
+[acorn]: #acorn
+[ada]: #ada
+[base64]: #base64
+[brotli]: #brotli
+[c-ares]: #c-ares
+[cjs-module-lexer]: #cjs-module-lexer
 [corepack]: #corepack
 [dependency-update-action]: ../../../.github/workflows/tools.yml
-[googletest 76bb2af]: #googletest-76bb2af
-[histogram 0.11.8]: #histogram-0118
-[icu-small 74.1]: #icu-small-741
-[libuv 1.46.0]: #libuv-1460
-[llhttp 8.1.0]: #llhttp-810
+[googletest]: #googletest
+[histogram]: #histogram
+[icu-small]: #icu-small
+[libuv]: #libuv
+[llhttp]: #llhttp
 [maintaining-V8]: ./maintaining-V8.md
 [maintaining-cjs-module-lexer]: ./maintaining-cjs-module-lexer.md
 [maintaining-http]: ./maintaining-http.md
 [maintaining-icu]: ./maintaining-icu.md
 [maintaining-openssl]: ./maintaining-openssl.md
 [maintaining-web-assembly]: ./maintaining-web-assembly.md
-[minimatch 9.0.3]: #minimatch-903
-[nghttp2 1.58.0]: #nghttp2-1580
-[nghttp3 0.7.0]: #nghttp3-070
-[ngtcp2 0.8.1]: #ngtcp2-081
-[npm 9.6.7]: #npm-967
-[openssl 3.0.8]: #openssl-308
-[postject 1.0.0-alpha.6]: #postject-100-alpha6
-[simdutf 4.0.4]: #simdutf-404
-[undici 5.27.2]: #undici-5272
+[minimatch]: #minimatch
+[nghttp2]: #nghttp2
+[nghttp3]: #nghttp3
+[ngtcp2]: #ngtcp2
+[npm]: #npm
+[openssl]: #openssl
+[postject]: #postject
+[simdutf]: #simdutf
+[undici]: #undici
 [update-openssl-action]: ../../../.github/workflows/update-openssl.yml
-[uvwasi 0.0.19]: #uvwasi-0019
-[v8 11.3.244.8]: #v8-1132448
-[zlib 1.3.0.1-motley-dd5fc13]: #zlib-1301-motley-dd5fc13
+[uvwasi]: #uvwasi
+[v8]: #v8
+[zlib]: #zlib
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-openssl.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-openssl.sh
index 850c7c6f7c5d96..bef379b707a04e 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-openssl.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-openssl.sh
@@ -105,14 +105,11 @@ EOF
   rm -rf "$DEPS_DIR/openssl/openssl"
   mv "$WORKSPACE/openssl" "$DEPS_DIR/openssl/"
 
-  # Update the version number
-  update_dependency_version "openssl" "$NEW_VERSION_V3"
   echo "All done!"
   echo ""
   echo "Please git add openssl, and commit the new version:"
   echo ""
   echo "$ git add -A deps/openssl/openssl"
-  echo "$ git add doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md"
   echo "$ git commit -m \"deps: upgrade openssl sources to quictls/openssl-$NEW_VERSION_V3\""
   echo ""
   # The last line of the script should always print the new version,
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-v8-patch.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-v8-patch.sh
index 53f10766426be3..799bf7697191b7 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-v8-patch.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-v8-patch.sh
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ CURRENT_PATCH_VERSION=$(grep "#define V8_PATCH_LEVEL" "$DEPS_DIR/v8/include/v8-v
 NEW_VERSION="$CURRENT_MAJOR_VERSION.$CURRENT_MINOR_VERSION.$CURRENT_BUILD_VERSION.$CURRENT_PATCH_VERSION"
 
 
-# Update the version number. We have to call it twice because V8 is written
-# both in lowercase and uppdercase
-update_dependency_version "v8" "$NEW_VERSION"
-update_dependency_version "V8" "$NEW_VERSION"
-
 echo "All done!"
 echo ""
 
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh
index c5888ff42364e8..8c86b772c96571 100644
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 ROOT=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)
+export ROOT
 
 # This function compare new version with current version of a depdendency and
 # exit the script if the versions are the same
@@ -34,15 +35,11 @@ finalize_version_update() {
   new_version="$2"
   extra_files="$3"
 
-  # Update the version number on maintaining-dependencies.md
-  update_dependency_version "$package_name" "$new_version"
-
   echo "All done!"
   echo ""
   echo "Please git add $package_name and commit the new version:"
   echo ""
   echo "$ git add -A deps/$package_name $extra_files"
-  echo "$ git add doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md"
   echo "$ git commit -m \"deps: update $package_name to $new_version\""
   echo ""
 
@@ -80,20 +77,3 @@ log_and_verify_sha256sum() {
     fi
   fi
 }
-
-# This function update the version of a maintained dependency in
-# https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
-#
-# $1 is the package name e.g. 'acorn', 'ada', 'base64' etc. See that file
-# for a complete list of package name
-# $2 is the new version.
-update_dependency_version() {
-  package_name="$1"
-  new_version="$2"
-  deps_file_path="$ROOT/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md"
-  # Remove version dots for anchor markdown
-  version_no_dots=$(echo "$new_version" | sed -e 's/\.//g')
-  perl -i -pe 's|^\* \['"$package_name"'.*|* ['"$package_name"' '"$new_version"'][]|' "$deps_file_path"
-  perl -i -pe 's|^\['"$package_name"'.*\]: #'"$package_name"'.*|['"$package_name"' '"$new_version"']: #'"$package_name"'-'"$version_no_dots"'|' "$deps_file_path"
-  perl -i -pe 's|^### '"$package_name"'.*|### '"$package_name"' '"$new_version"'|' "$deps_file_path"
-}