diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9d949d2a..16514f5cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@
 		<spring-amqp.version>3.2.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-amqp.version>
 		<spring-ldap.version>3.2.7-SNAPSHOT</spring-ldap.version>
 
-		<jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
-		<avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.18.0</jackson.version>
+		<avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
 		<gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
 		<hibernate-core.version>6.6.0.Final</hibernate-core.version>
-		<jakarta.annotation-api.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation-api.version>
+		<jakarta.annotation-api.version>3.0.0</jakarta.annotation-api.version>
 		<jakarta.mail-api.version>2.1.3</jakarta.mail-api.version>
 		<jakarta.jms-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.jms-api.version>
-		<jakarta.validation-api.version>3.0.2</jakarta.validation-api.version>
+		<jakarta.validation-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.validation-api.version>
 		<jakarta.persistence-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.persistence-api.version>
 		<neo4j-ogm-core.version>4.0.11</neo4j-ogm-core.version>
-		<mongodb-driver-sync.version>5.1.3</mongodb-driver-sync.version>
-		<junit-jupiter.version>5.11.0</junit-jupiter.version>
+		<mongodb-driver-sync.version>5.2.0</mongodb-driver-sync.version>
+		<junit-jupiter.version>5.11.1</junit-jupiter.version>
 
 		<!-- provided dependencies -->
 		<jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@
 		<junit-vintage-engine.version>${junit-jupiter.version}</junit-vintage-engine.version>
 		<hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
-		<mockito.version>5.13.0</mockito.version>
+		<mockito.version>5.14.1</mockito.version>
 		<xmlunit.version>2.10.0</xmlunit.version>
-		<commons-io.version>2.16.1</commons-io.version>
+		<commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
 		<commons-dbcp2.version>2.12.0</commons-dbcp2.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
 		<hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
 		<h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
-		<sqlite.version>3.46.1.0</sqlite.version>
-		<derby.version>10.16.1.1</derby.version>
+		<sqlite.version>3.46.1.3</sqlite.version>
+		<derby.version>10.16.1.1</derby.version> <!-- FIXME build failure with 10.17.1.0 -->
 		<hana.version>2.21.11</hana.version>
 		<artemis.version>2.37.0</artemis.version>
 		<jaxb-core.version>4.0.5</jaxb-core.version>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 		<spring-rabbit.version>${spring-amqp.version}</spring-rabbit.version>
 		<quartz.version>2.3.2</quartz.version>
 		<prometheus_pushgateway.version>0.16.0</prometheus_pushgateway.version>
-		<groovy.version>3.0.19</groovy.version>
+		<groovy.version>3.0.22</groovy.version>
 
 		<!-- documentation dependencies -->
 		<io.spring.maven.antora-version>0.0.4</io.spring.maven.antora-version>