diff --git a/cloudplatform/connectivity-dwc/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/MegacliteConnectivityProxyInformationResolverTest.java b/cloudplatform/connectivity-dwc/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/MegacliteConnectivityProxyInformationResolverTest.java
index cf7534a64..c4b8366fa 100644
--- a/cloudplatform/connectivity-dwc/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/MegacliteConnectivityProxyInformationResolverTest.java
+++ b/cloudplatform/connectivity-dwc/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/MegacliteConnectivityProxyInformationResolverTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.connectivity;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.resilience.ResilienceRuntimeException;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.tenant.DefaultTenant;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.tenant.TenantAccessor;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class MegacliteConnectivityProxyInformationResolverTest
         doReturn(new BasicStatusLine(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpStatus.SC_OK, "OK"))
             .when(successResponse)
             .getStatusLine();
-        doReturn(new StringEntity("{ \"proxy\":\"http://some.proxy\", \"proxyAuth\":\"Bearer 1234\"}", Charsets.UTF_8))
+        doReturn(new StringEntity("{ \"proxy\":\"http://some.proxy\", \"proxyAuth\":\"Bearer 1234\"}", UTF_8))
             .when(successResponse)
             .getEntity();
 
diff --git a/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataHttpRequest.java b/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataHttpRequest.java
index 999e217ac..6fa68d4b6 100644
--- a/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataHttpRequest.java
+++ b/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataHttpRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.request;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectionPoolTimeoutException;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.exception.ODataConnectionException;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.exception.ODataRequestException;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ static ODataHttpRequest forBodyJson(
         @Nonnull final HttpClient httpClient,
         @Nonnull final String json )
     {
-        final StringEntity requestBody = new StringEntity(json, Charsets.UTF_8);
+        final StringEntity requestBody = new StringEntity(json, UTF_8);
         requestBody.setContentType("application/json");
         return forHttpEntity(requestGeneric, httpClient, requestBody);
     }
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ static ODataHttpRequest forBodyText(
         @Nonnull final HttpClient httpClient,
         @Nonnull final String text )
     {
-        return forHttpEntity(requestGeneric, httpClient, new StringEntity(text, Charsets.UTF_8));
+        return forHttpEntity(requestGeneric, httpClient, new StringEntity(text, UTF_8));
     }
 
     static ODataHttpRequest forHttpEntity(
diff --git a/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataRequestUpdate.java b/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataRequestUpdate.java
index 797d33558..1491a890b 100644
--- a/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataRequestUpdate.java
+++ b/datamodel/odata-client/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataRequestUpdate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.request;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 import static org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE;
 
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.ODataProtocol;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.exception.ODataRequestException;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public ODataRequestResultGeneric execute( @Nonnull final HttpClient httpClient )
     public String getSerializedEntity()
     {
         return Try
-            .of(() -> EntityUtils.toString(requestHttpEntity, Charsets.UTF_8))
+            .of(() -> EntityUtils.toString(requestHttpEntity, UTF_8))
             .getOrElseThrow(e -> new ODataRequestException(this, "Unable to serialize request payload.", e));
     }
 
diff --git a/datamodel/odata-client/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataQueryPropertyTest.java b/datamodel/odata-client/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataQueryPropertyTest.java
index 263ee2962..416da77ca 100644
--- a/datamodel/odata-client/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataQueryPropertyTest.java
+++ b/datamodel/odata-client/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/client/request/ODataQueryPropertyTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.request;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.containing;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.delete;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.deleteRequestedFor;
@@ -15,14 +17,12 @@
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.stubFor;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlEqualTo;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.verify;
-import static com.google.common.base.Charsets.UTF_8;
 import static com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.request.UpdateStrategy.REPLACE_WITH_PUT;
 import static org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.ACCEPT;
 import static org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void deleteSimplePropertyV2()
     void getStreamPropertyV2()
     {
         final String payloadV2 = "<xml>This is a large document</xml>";
-        final byte[] payloadBytes = payloadV2.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        final byte[] payloadBytes = payloadV2.getBytes(UTF_8);
         stubFor(get(WireMock.anyUrl()).willReturn(ok().withBody(payloadBytes).withHeader(CONTENT_TYPE, XML)));
 
         // user code
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void setStreamPropertyV2()
 
         // user code
         final String payloadV2 = "<xml>This is a large document</xml>";
-        final ByteArrayInputStream payloadBytes = new ByteArrayInputStream(payloadV2.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        final ByteArrayInputStream payloadBytes = new ByteArrayInputStream(payloadV2.getBytes(UTF_8));
         final HttpEntity httpEntity = new InputStreamEntity(payloadBytes, ContentType.create(XML, UTF_8));
 
         final ODataRequestResultGeneric result =
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void deleteSimplePropertyV4()
     void getStreamPropertyV4()
     {
         final String payloadV4 = "<xml>This is a large document</xml>";
-        final byte[] payloadBytes = payloadV4.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        final byte[] payloadBytes = payloadV4.getBytes(UTF_8);
         stubFor(get(WireMock.anyUrl()).willReturn(ok().withBody(payloadBytes).withHeader(CONTENT_TYPE, XML)));
 
         // user code
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void setStreamPropertyV4()
 
         // user code
         final String payloadV4 = "<xml>This is a large document</xml>";
-        final ByteArrayInputStream payloadBytes = new ByteArrayInputStream(payloadV4.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        final ByteArrayInputStream payloadBytes = new ByteArrayInputStream(payloadV4.getBytes(UTF_8));
         final HttpEntity httpEntity = new InputStreamEntity(payloadBytes, ContentType.create(XML, UTF_8));
 
         final ODataRequestResultGeneric result =
diff --git a/datamodel/odata-v4/odata-v4-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odatav4/core/ModificationResponseTest.java b/datamodel/odata-v4/odata-v4-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odatav4/core/ModificationResponseTest.java
index cf08d2f10..b5b0ec12e 100644
--- a/datamodel/odata-v4/odata-v4-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odatav4/core/ModificationResponseTest.java
+++ b/datamodel/odata-v4/odata-v4-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odatav4/core/ModificationResponseTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odatav4.core;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.JsonAdapter;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.ODataProtocol;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.request.ODataRequestGeneric;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ void testEntityResponse()
         final HttpResponse response = mock(HttpResponse.class);
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getAllHeaders();
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getHeaders("ETag");
-        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", Charsets.UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
+        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
         doReturn(new BasicStatusLine(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpStatus.SC_OK, "OK")).when(response).getStatusLine();
 
         final ODataRequestResultGeneric result = new ODataRequestResultGeneric(request, response);
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ void testResponseIsOnlyEvaluatedOnce()
         final HttpResponse response = mock(HttpResponse.class);
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getAllHeaders();
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getHeaders("ETag");
-        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", Charsets.UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
+        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
         doReturn(new BasicStatusLine(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpStatus.SC_OK, "OK")).when(response).getStatusLine();
 
         final ODataRequestResultGeneric result = new ODataRequestResultGeneric(request, response);
diff --git a/datamodel/odata/odata-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/helper/ModificationResponseTest.java b/datamodel/odata/odata-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/helper/ModificationResponseTest.java
index ef0d6a7d0..0a4098e42 100644
--- a/datamodel/odata/odata-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/helper/ModificationResponseTest.java
+++ b/datamodel/odata/odata-core/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/datamodel/odata/helper/ModificationResponseTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.helper;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicStatusLine;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.JsonAdapter;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.connectivity.Destination;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.datamodel.odata.client.ODataProtocol;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ void testEntityResponse()
         final HttpResponse response = mock(HttpResponse.class);
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getAllHeaders();
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getHeaders("ETag");
-        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", Charsets.UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
+        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
         doReturn(new BasicStatusLine(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpStatus.SC_OK, "OK")).when(response).getStatusLine();
 
         final ODataRequestResultGeneric result = new ODataRequestResultGeneric(request, response);
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ void testResponseIsOnlyEvaluatedOnce()
         final HttpResponse response = mock(HttpResponse.class);
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getAllHeaders();
         doReturn(responseHeaders).when(response).getHeaders("ETag");
-        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", Charsets.UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
+        doReturn(new StringEntity("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}", UTF_8)).when(response).getEntity();
         doReturn(new BasicStatusLine(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpStatus.SC_OK, "OK")).when(response).getStatusLine();
 
         final ODataRequestResultGeneric result = new ODataRequestResultGeneric(request, response);
diff --git a/datamodel/openapi/openapi-generator/pom.xml b/datamodel/openapi/openapi-generator/pom.xml
index 8cc12abc6..c8fcaa4dc 100644
--- a/datamodel/openapi/openapi-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/datamodel/openapi/openapi-generator/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.mozilla</groupId>
 				<artifactId>rhino</artifactId>
-				<version>1.7.15</version>
+				<version>1.8.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/dependency-bundles/bom/pom.xml b/dependency-bundles/bom/pom.xml
index 31fb42277..9ac8a2497 100644
--- a/dependency-bundles/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-bundles/bom/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<findbugs-jsr305.version>3.0.2</findbugs-jsr305.version>
 		<!-- @Nonnull/@Nullable annotations -->
 		<vavr.version>0.10.5</vavr.version>
-		<guava.version>33.3.1-jre</guava.version>
+		<guava.version>33.4.0-jre</guava.version>
 		<!-- collection utilities, @Beta annotation -->
 		<commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
 		<!-- Apache file utils -->
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 		<!-- Resilience & Caching -->
 		<caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version>
 		<jcache.version>1.1.1</jcache.version>
-		<resilience4j.version>2.2.0</resilience4j.version>
+		<resilience4j.version>2.3.0</resilience4j.version>
 		<!-- JSON & XML stuff -->
 		<gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
-				<version>3.48.3</version>
+				<version>3.48.4</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<!--  2.10 by Caffeine and 2.11 by Guava  -->
 			<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33d732c76..e0c1c7999 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@
 		<spring.version>6.2.1</spring.version>
 		<spring-security.version>6.1.5</spring-security.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
-		<assertj-core.version>3.26.3</assertj-core.version>
+		<assertj-core.version>3.27.2</assertj-core.version>
 		<assertj-vavr.version>0.4.3</assertj-vavr.version>
-		<mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
+		<mockito.version>5.15.2</mockito.version>
 		<jsonassert.version>1.5.3</jsonassert.version>
-		<junit.jupiter.version>5.11.3</junit.jupiter.version>
+		<junit.jupiter.version>5.11.4</junit.jupiter.version>
 		<codemodel.version>2.6</codemodel.version>
 		<olingo-v4.version>5.0.0</olingo-v4.version>
 		<olingo-v2.version>2.0.13</olingo-v2.version>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 		<jakarta-activation.version>2.1.0</jakarta-activation.version>
 		<qdox.version>2.2.0</qdox.version>
 		<wiremock.version>3.10.0</wiremock.version>
-		<checkstyle.version>10.21.0</checkstyle.version>
+		<checkstyle.version>10.21.1</checkstyle.version>
 		<byte-buddy.version>1.15.11</byte-buddy.version>
 		<snakeyaml.version>2.3</snakeyaml.version>
 		<commons-codec.version>1.17.1</commons-codec.version>