diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e122293..d2e3bb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-metrics</artifactId>
-      <version>9.4</version>
+      <version>9.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -137,21 +137,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-inject-test</artifactId>
-      <version>11.4</version>
+      <version>11.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-jex-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
+      <version>3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5</version>
+      <version>1.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.18.3</version>
+      <version>2.19.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       <plugin> <!-- perform metrics enhancement -->
         <groupId>io.avaje.metrics</groupId>
         <artifactId>metrics-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>9.4</version>
+        <version>9.6</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>