diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index f60495a5d..608311891 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,19 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Checking for the major class versions seems more sane than fiddling around with the
+# various formats the different JDKs offer
+JAVA_VERSION=`javap -verbose java.lang.String | grep "major version" | cut -d " " -f5`
+ADDITIONAL_JAVA_OPS=""
+
+if [[ "$JAVA_VERSION" -ge 60 ]]
+then
+  # SDN 6 itself does not need this, but the embedded Neo4j database used by jQAssistant during verification
+  # of SDN 6 requires it.
+  ADDITIONAL_JAVA_OPS="--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED"
+fi
+
 mkdir -p /tmp/jenkins-home
 chown -R 1001:1001 .
-MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" \
+MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home $ADDITIONAL_JAVA_OPS" \
   ./mvnw -s settings.xml -P${PROFILE} clean dependency:list verify -Dsort -U -B -Dmaven.repo.local=/tmp/jenkins-home/.m2/spring-data-neo4j
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c8211dc99..f5834673b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		<asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>2.1.0</asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>
 		<asciidoctorj-diagram.version>2.1.0</asciidoctorj-diagram.version>
 
-		<byte-buddy.version>1.10.9</byte-buddy.version>
+		<byte-buddy.version>1.11.0</byte-buddy.version>
 		<cdi>2.0.SP1</cdi>
 		<changelist>-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
 		<checkstyle.version>8.40</checkstyle.version>
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 		<jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
 		<jqassistant-dashboard-plugin.version>1.9.0</jqassistant-dashboard-plugin.version>
 		<jqassistant.plugin.git.version>1.8.0</jqassistant.plugin.git.version>
-		<jqassistant.plugin.version>1.9.0</jqassistant.plugin.version>
-		<jqassistant.version>1.9.0</jqassistant.version>
+		<jqassistant.plugin.version>1.9.1</jqassistant.plugin.version>
+		<jqassistant.version>1.9.1</jqassistant.version>
 		<junit-cc-testcontainer>2020.0.7</junit-cc-testcontainer>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<mockito>${mockito.version}</mockito>
-		<mockito.version>3.7.7</mockito.version>
+		<mockito.version>3.10.0</mockito.version>
 		<neo4j-java-driver.version>4.2.5</neo4j-java-driver.version>
 		<neo4j.version>4.2.4</neo4j.version>
 		<objenesis.version>3.0.1</objenesis.version>