upgrade babel dependencies to latest available versions (#32814)

* upgrade babel dependencies to latest available versions

* up node memory allocation

package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "build-analyze": "yarn build:production --analyzer; npm run analyze",
     "build:codespaces": "./.devcontainer/codespaces-create.sh",
     "build:production": "NODE_ENV=production yarn build --buildtype=vagovprod",
-    "build:webpack": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=12288 webpack --config config/webpack.config.js",
+    "build:webpack": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=16384 webpack --config config/webpack.config.js",
     "build:webpack:prod": "NODE_ENV=production yarn build:webpack --env buildtype=vagovprod",
     "build:webpack:staging": "yarn build:webpack --env buildtype=vagovstaging",
     "build:webpack:dev": "yarn build:webpack --env buildtype=vagovdev",
@@ -107,23 +107,23 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.9.1",
     "@axe-core/react": "^4.10.0",
-    "@babel/core": "^7.17.7",
-    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.22.9",
-    "@babel/parser": "^7.17.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-export-namespace-from": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-function-sent": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-json-strings": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions": "^7.16.7",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.26.0",
+    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.25.9",
+    "@babel/parser": "^7.26.2",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.18.6",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-export-namespace-from": "^7.18.9",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-function-sent": "^7.25.9",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-json-strings": "^7.18.6",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator": "^7.18.6",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator": "^7.18.6",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining": "^7.18.6",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions": "^7.18.6",
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import": "^7.8.3",
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-import-meta": "^7.10.4",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.16.11",
-    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.16.7",
-    "@babel/register": "^7.17.7",
-    "@babel/traverse": "^7.23.2",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.26.0",
+    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.25.9",
+    "@babel/register": "^7.25.9",
+    "@babel/traverse": "^7.25.9",
     "@bahmutov/cypress-esbuild-preprocessor": "^2.2.0",
     "@cypress/code-coverage": "^3.11.0",
     "@department-of-veterans-affairs/eslint-plugin": "^1.18.2",