diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a061d299..5d3c72b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
         <xmlunit1.version>1.6</xmlunit1.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.10.0</xmlunit.version>
         <xom.version>1.3.7</xom.version>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.77</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.78</bouncycastle.version>
+        <byte-buddy.version>1.14.13</byte-buddy.version>
         <spring-asciidoctor-backends.version>0.0.5</spring-asciidoctor-backends.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -251,6 +252,18 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+            <version>${byte-buddy.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
+            <version>${byte-buddy.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
             <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
@@ -305,7 +318,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>