diff --git a/bb.edn b/bb.edn
index 03ead9b..6c46b8c 100644
--- a/bb.edn
+++ b/bb.edn
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
           :task (let [cp (with-out-str (clojure "-Spath"))]
                   (clojure {:dir "./nvd_check_helper_project"}
                            "-J-Dclojure.main.report=stderr -M -m nvd.task.check"
-                           "./config.json"
+                           "./nvd-clojure.edn"
                            cp))}
          pubcheck
          {:doc "run only publish checks (without publishing)"
diff --git a/nvd_check_helper_project/config.json b/nvd_check_helper_project/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f39180..0000000
--- a/nvd_check_helper_project/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{"delete-config?": false,
- "nvd": {"suppression-file": "./suppressions.xml"}}
diff --git a/nvd_check_helper_project/deps.edn b/nvd_check_helper_project/deps.edn
index 20b4c5c..e6292d2 100644
--- a/nvd_check_helper_project/deps.edn
+++ b/nvd_check_helper_project/deps.edn
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
         #_:clj-kondo/ignore
         {:mvn/version "RELEASE"}
         ;; temporarily try bumping transitive dep to current release
-        org.owasp/dependency-check-core {:mvn/version "11.0.0"}}}
+        org.owasp/dependency-check-core {:mvn/version "11.1.0"}}}
diff --git a/nvd_check_helper_project/nvd-clojure.edn b/nvd_check_helper_project/nvd-clojure.edn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99ef745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvd_check_helper_project/nvd-clojure.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{:delete-config? false
+ :nvd {:nvd-api {:max-retry-count 30}}
+ :suppression-file "./suppressions.xml"}