diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index af6a9d972..8ac7ab99b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -59,22 +59,22 @@ allprojects {
 		springKafkaVersion = '2.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
 		springLdapVersion = '2.3.2.RELEASE'
 
-		activemqVersion = '5.15.9'
+		activemqVersion = '5.15.10'
 		apacheAvroVersion ='1.9.0'
-		aspectjVersion = '1.9.3'
-		commonsDdbcpVersion = '2.6.0'
+		aspectjVersion = '1.9.4'
+		commonsDdbcpVersion = '2.7.0'
 		commonsIoVersion = '2.6'
 		commonsLangVersion = '3.9'
 		commonsPoolVersion = '1.6'
 		derbyVersion = '10.14.2.0'
-		groovyVersion = '2.5.6'
-		hamcrestVersion = '1.3'
+		groovyVersion = '2.5.8'
+		hamcrestVersion = '2.1'
 		h2databaseVersion = '1.4.199'
-		hibernateVersion = '5.4.2.Final'
-		hibernateValidatorVersion = '6.0.16.Final'
+		hibernateVersion = '5.4.4.Final'
+		hibernateValidatorVersion = '6.0.17.Final'
 		javaxElVersion = '3.0.0'
-		hsqldbVersion = '2.4.1'
-		jackson2Version = '2.9.8'
+		hsqldbVersion = '2.5.0'
+		jackson2Version = '2.9.9'
 		gsonVersion = '2.8.5'
 		javaMailVersion = '1.6.2'
 		javaxBatchApiVersion = '1.0'
@@ -85,25 +85,25 @@ allprojects {
 		jettisonVersion = '1.2' //? => upgrade to 1.4 and the build fails (deprecated anyway via xstream)
 		jmsVersion = '2.0.1'
 		junitVersion = '4.12'
-		log4jVersion = '2.11.2'
-		mysqlVersion = '8.0.16'
-		mockitoVersion = '2.27.0'
-		postgresqlVersion = '42.2.5'
+		log4jVersion = '2.12.1'
+		mysqlVersion = '8.0.17'
+		mockitoVersion = '3.0.0'
+		postgresqlVersion = '42.2.6'
 		quartzVersion = '2.3.1'
 		servletApiVersion = '4.0.1'
 		sqlfireclientVersion = '1.0.3'
-		sqliteVersion = '3.27.2'
+		sqliteVersion = '3.28.0'
 		woodstoxVersion = '5.2.0'
-		xmlunitVersion = '2.6.2'
+		xmlunitVersion = '2.6.3'
 		xstreamVersion = '1.4.11.1'
 		jrubyVersion = '1.7.27'
 		beanshellVersion = '2.0b5'
 		jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
 		jaxbImplVersion = '2.3.0.1'
-		micrometerVersion = '1.1.4'
+		micrometerVersion = '1.2.0'
 		prometheusPushgatewayVersion = '0.6.0'
 		docResourcesVersion = '0.1.1.RELEASE'
-		assertjVersion='3.12.2'
+		assertjVersion='3.13.2'
 	}
 
 	apply plugin: 'idea'