diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8f81b716f..ea6333ac1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ allprojects {
 		springKafkaVersion = '2.6.7-SNAPSHOT'
 		springLdapVersion = '2.3.3.RELEASE'
 
-		activemqVersion = '5.15.13'
+		activemqVersion = '5.15.14'
 		apacheAvroVersion ='1.9.2'
 		aspectjVersion = '1.9.6'
 		commonsDdbcpVersion = '2.8.0'
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ allprojects {
 		groovyVersion = '2.5.14'
 		hamcrestVersion = '2.2'
 		h2databaseVersion = '1.4.200'
-		hibernateVersion = '5.4.25.Final'
-		hibernateValidatorVersion = '6.1.6.Final'
+		hibernateVersion = '5.4.29.Final'
+		hibernateValidatorVersion = '6.1.7.Final'
 		javaxElVersion = '3.0.0'
 		hsqldbVersion = '2.5.1'
-		jackson2Version = '2.11.3'
+		jackson2Version = '2.11.4'
 		gsonVersion = '2.8.6'
 		javaMailVersion = '1.6.2'
 		javaxBatchApiVersion = '1.0'
@@ -85,30 +85,30 @@ allprojects {
 		jbatchTckSpi = '1.0'
 		jettisonVersion = '1.2' //? => upgrade to 1.4 and the build fails (deprecated anyway via xstream)
 		jmsVersion = '2.0.1'
-		junitVersion = '4.13.1'
-		junitJupiterVersion = '5.7.0'
+		junitVersion = '4.13.2'
+		junitJupiterVersion = '5.7.1'
 		log4jVersion = '2.13.3'
-		mysqlVersion = '8.0.22'
+		mysqlVersion = '8.0.23'
 		mockitoVersion = '3.6.28'
-		postgresqlVersion = '42.2.18'
+		postgresqlVersion = '42.2.19'
 		quartzVersion = '2.3.2'
 		servletApiVersion = '4.0.1'
 		sqlfireclientVersion = '1.0.3'
-		sqliteVersion = '3.32.3.2'
-		woodstoxVersion = '6.2.3'
-		xmlunitVersion = '2.7.0'
-		xstreamVersion = '1.4.12'
+		sqliteVersion = '3.32.3.3'
+		woodstoxVersion = '6.2.4'
+		xmlunitVersion = '2.8.2'
+		xstreamVersion = '1.4.16'
 		jrubyVersion = '1.7.27'
 		beanshellVersion = '2.0b5'
 		jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
 		jaxbImplVersion = '2.3.0.1'
-		micrometerVersion = '1.5.11-SNAPSHOT'
-		prometheusPushgatewayVersion = '0.9.0'
+		micrometerVersion = '1.5.12-SNAPSHOT'
+		prometheusPushgatewayVersion = '0.10.0'
 		docResourcesVersion = '0.2.5'
 		assertjVersion='3.18.1'
-		mongoDbDriverSyncVersion='4.1.1'
-		testcontainersVersion='1.15.1'
-		neo4jVersion='3.2.18'
+		mongoDbDriverSyncVersion='4.1.2'
+		testcontainersVersion='1.15.2'
+		neo4jVersion='3.2.21'
 	}
 
 	apply plugin: 'idea'