diff --git a/src/dependency-security.test.ts b/src/dependency-security.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import { parse } from "jsonc-parser"
+
+type BunLock = {
+  workspaces?: {
+    ""?: {
+      dependencies?: Record<string, string>
+    }
+  }
+  packages?: Record<string, [string, ...unknown[]]>
+}
+
+const MINIMUM_SAFE_PICOMATCH_VERSION = "4.0.4"
+
+function parseVersion(version: string): [number, number, number] {
+  const [major = "0", minor = "0", patch = "0"] = version.split(".")
+  return [Number(major), Number(minor), Number(patch)]
+}
+
+function compareVersions(left: string, right: string): number {
+  const leftParts = parseVersion(left)
+  const rightParts = parseVersion(right)
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < leftParts.length; index++) {
+    const leftPart = leftParts[index] ?? 0
+    const rightPart = rightParts[index] ?? 0
+
+    if (leftPart !== rightPart) {
+      return leftPart - rightPart
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+function extractLockedVersion(packageReference: string): string {
+  const versionSeparatorIndex = packageReference.lastIndexOf("@")
+
+  if (versionSeparatorIndex === -1) {
+    return packageReference
+  }
+
+  return packageReference.slice(versionSeparatorIndex + 1)
+}
+
+describe("dependency security", () => {
+  it("#given picomatch is a runtime dependency #when dependencies are locked #then it uses the patched ReDoS-safe release", () => {
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, "..", "package.json"), "utf-8")) as {
+      dependencies?: Record<string, string>
+    }
+    const bunLock = parse(readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, "..", "bun.lock"), "utf-8")) as BunLock
+    const dependencyRange = packageJson.dependencies?.picomatch
+    const lockedReference = bunLock.packages?.picomatch?.[0]
+
+    expect(dependencyRange).toBe(`^${MINIMUM_SAFE_PICOMATCH_VERSION}`)
+    expect(lockedReference).toBeDefined()
+
+    const lockedVersion = extractLockedVersion(lockedReference ?? "")
+    expect(compareVersions(lockedVersion, MINIMUM_SAFE_PICOMATCH_VERSION)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+    expect(bunLock.workspaces?.[""]?.dependencies?.picomatch).toBe(`^${MINIMUM_SAFE_PICOMATCH_VERSION}`)
+  })
+})