diff --git a/.trunk/trunk.yaml b/.trunk/trunk.yaml
index 16262ba02e2..b81aa83516e 100644
--- a/.trunk/trunk.yaml
+++ b/.trunk/trunk.yaml
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 # To learn more about the format of this file, see https://docs.trunk.io/reference/trunk-yaml
 version: 0.1
 cli:
-  version: 1.22.15
+  version: 1.24.0
 
 # Trunk provides extensibility via plugins. (https://docs.trunk.io/plugins)
 plugins:
   sources:
     - id: trunk
-      ref: v1.6.8
+      ref: v1.7.0
       uri: https://github.com/trunk-io/plugins
 
 # Many linters and tools depend on runtimes - configure them here. (https://docs.trunk.io/runtimes)
 runtimes:
   enabled:
     - go@1.24.3
-    - node@18.20.5
+    - node@22.16.0
     - python@3.10.8
 
 # This is the section where you manage your linters. (https://docs.trunk.io/check/configuration)
@@ -27,22 +27,22 @@ lint:
         - protos/pb/pb.pb.go
   enabled:
     - golangci-lint2@2.1.6
-    - trivy@0.62.1
+    - trivy@0.63.0
     - actionlint@1.7.7
-    - checkov@3.2.421
+    - checkov@3.2.442
     - dotenv-linter@3.3.0
     - git-diff-check
     - gofmt@1.20.4
     - hadolint@2.12.1-beta
-    - markdownlint@0.44.0
-    - osv-scanner@2.0.2
+    - markdownlint@0.45.0
+    - osv-scanner@2.0.3
     - oxipng@9.1.5
     - prettier@3.5.3
-    - renovate@40.0.6
+    - renovate@40.57.1
     - shellcheck@0.10.0
     - shfmt@3.6.0
-    - tflint@0.57.0
-    - trufflehog@3.88.29
+    - tflint@0.58.0
+    - trufflehog@3.89.1
     - yamllint@1.37.1
 actions:
   enabled:
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/alpha/upsert_test.go b/dgraph/cmd/alpha/upsert_test.go
index 0f99f018910..c0d28aea52d 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/alpha/upsert_test.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/alpha/upsert_test.go
@@ -2998,3 +2998,23 @@ func TestLargeStringIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, dqlSchema,
 		`{"predicate":"name_term","type":"string","index":true,"tokenizer":["term"]}`)
 }
+
+func TestStringWithQuote(t *testing.T) {
+	require.NoError(t, dropAll())
+	require.NoError(t, alterSchemaWithRetry(`name: string @unique @index(exact) .`))
+	mu := `{ set { <0x01> <name> "\"problem\" is the quotes (json)" . } }`
+	require.NoError(t, runMutation(mu))
+
+	var data struct {
+		Data struct {
+			Q []struct {
+				Name string `json:"name"`
+			} `json:"q"`
+		} `json:"data"`
+	}
+	q := `{ q(func: has(name)) { name } }`
+	res, _, err := queryWithTs(queryInp{body: q, typ: "application/dql"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(res), &data))
+	require.Equal(t, `"problem" is the quotes (json)`, data.Data.Q[0].Name)
+}
diff --git a/edgraph/server.go b/edgraph/server.go
index 6ed0a992cef..da496fd8637 100644
--- a/edgraph/server.go
+++ b/edgraph/server.go
@@ -1746,8 +1746,8 @@ func addQueryIfUnique(qctx context.Context, qc *queryContext) error {
 			// in the mutation, then we reject the mutation.
 
 			if !strings.HasPrefix(pred.ObjectId, "val(") {
-				query := fmt.Sprintf(`%v as var(func: eq(%v,"%v"))`, queryVar, predicateName,
-					dql.TypeValFrom(pred.ObjectValue).Value)
+				val := strconv.Quote(fmt.Sprintf("%v", dql.TypeValFrom(pred.ObjectValue).Value))
+				query := fmt.Sprintf(`%v as var(func: eq(%v,"%v"))`, queryVar, predicateName, val[1:len(val)-1])
 				if _, err := buildQuery.WriteString(query); err != nil {
 					return errors.Wrapf(err, "error while writing string")
 				}