diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d848d0c..6950886 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.cx.plugin</groupId>
     <artifactId>CxConsolePlugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.26</version>
+    <version>1.1.27</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.checkmarx</groupId>
             <artifactId>cx-client-common</artifactId>
-            <version>2023.2.5</version>
+            <version>2023.4.1</version>
             <!-- Remove these excludes once latest FSA is used -->
             <exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
@@ -204,18 +204,26 @@
                     <groupId>org.tmatesoft.sqljet</groupId>
                     <artifactId>sqljet</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                	<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+            		<artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                	<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            		<artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- excluded dependencies from cx-client-common -->
         <dependency>
 				<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 				<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-				<version>20230227</version>
+				<version>20231013</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 			    <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			    <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			    <version>31.1-jre</version>
+			    <version>32.0.0-android</version>
 			</dependency>
 			
 			
@@ -238,7 +246,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.77.Final</version>
+            <version>4.1.100.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -305,6 +313,26 @@
     		<artifactId>sqljet</artifactId>
     		<version>1.1.15</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <version>1.70</version>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- end of excluded dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
@@ -353,6 +381,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+            		<groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+            		<artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
+            	</exclusion>	
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -382,6 +414,11 @@
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
             <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
+            <version>6.6.1.202309021850-r</version>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/configascode/SastConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/configascode/SastConfig.java
index dca4db5..24afb85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/configascode/SastConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/configascode/SastConfig.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public class SastConfig {
     private int medium;
     @Optional
     private int high;
+    @Optional
+	private boolean avoidDuplicateProjectScans;  
     @Optional
     private boolean isOverrideProjectSetting;
     @Optional
@@ -102,11 +104,19 @@ public boolean isPrivateScan() {
     public void setPrivateScan(boolean privateScan) {
         this.privateScan = privateScan;
     }
+    
+    public boolean isAvoidDuplicateProjectScans() {
+		return avoidDuplicateProjectScans;
+	}
+
+	public void setAvoidDuplicateProjectScans(boolean avoidDuplicateProjectScans) {
+		this.avoidDuplicateProjectScans = avoidDuplicateProjectScans;
+	}
 
 	public boolean isOverrideProjectSetting() {
 		return isOverrideProjectSetting;
 	}
-
+	
 	public void setOverrideProjectSetting(boolean isOverrideProjectSetting) {
 		this.isOverrideProjectSetting = isOverrideProjectSetting;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/ArgDescriptions.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/ArgDescriptions.java
index dc79787..c6289d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/ArgDescriptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/ArgDescriptions.java
@@ -159,4 +159,5 @@ private ArgDescriptions() {
     
     static final String PERIODIC_FULL_SCAN = "Run a full scan after X incremental scans . Scans all files, (-Incremental should be enable). Optional.";    
 
+    static final String AVOID_DUPLICATE_PROJECT_SCANS = "Avoid duplicate project scans in queue";
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Command.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Command.java
index 837e97b..9af7e14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Command.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Command.java
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ public static Options getOptions() {
         options.addOption(POST_SCAN_ACTION, true, ArgDescriptions.POST_SCAN_ACTION);
 
         options.addOption(PERIODIC_FULL_SCAN, true, ArgDescriptions.PERIODIC_FULL_SCAN);
-
+        options.addOption(AVOID_DUPLICATE_PROJECT_SCANS, false, ArgDescriptions.AVOID_DUPLICATE_PROJECT_SCANS);
+        
         return options;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Parameters.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Parameters.java
index ad74ab2..84f5162 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Parameters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/constants/Parameters.java
@@ -121,5 +121,5 @@ private Parameters() {
     public static final String POST_SCAN_ACTION = "postscanaction";
 
     public static final String PERIODIC_FULL_SCAN = "periodicfullscan";
-
+    public static final String AVOID_DUPLICATE_PROJECT_SCANS = "avoidduplicateprojectscans";
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java
index be20eae..859f803 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cx/plugin/cli/utils/CxConfigHelper.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public CxScanConfig resolveConfiguration(Command command, CommandLine cmd) throw
 				scanConfig.setIncremental(isIncremental);
 			}
 		}
-        
+		scanConfig.setAvoidDuplicateProjectScans(cmd.hasOption(AVOID_DUPLICATE_PROJECT_SCANS));
         setSASTThresholds(scanConfig);      
         
         String dsLocationPath = getSharedDependencyScanOption(scanConfig, OSA_LOCATION_PATH, SCA_LOCATION_PATH);
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ private void mapSastConfiguration(Optional<SastConfig> sast, CxScanConfig scanCo
             overridesResults.put("Master Branch Project Name", String.valueOf(pValue));
         });
 
+        sast.map(SastConfig::isAvoidDuplicateProjectScans)
+        .ifPresent(pValue -> {
+            scanConfig.setAvoidDuplicateProjectScans(pValue);
+            overridesResults.put("Avoid Duplicate Project Scans", String.valueOf(pValue));
+        });
     }
 
     private void mapProjectConfiguration(Optional<ProjectConfig> project, CxScanConfig scanConfig, Map<String, String> overridesResults) throws CLIParsingException {