diff --git a/gradle/databases.gradle b/gradle/databases.gradle
index 9e4ac21bb51d..55b6314399c1 100644
--- a/gradle/databases.gradle
+++ b/gradle/databases.gradle
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ if ( processTestResourcesTask != null ) {
         processTestResourcesTask.inputs.property( 'dbHost', dbHost )
 //        processTestResourcesTask.inputs.property( "gradle.libs.versions.h2", project.getProperty( "gradle.libs.versions.h2", "2.1.214" ) )
 //        processTestResourcesTask.inputs.property( "gradle.libs.versions.h2gis", project.getProperty( "gradle.libs.versions.h2gis", "2.1.0" ) )
-//        processTestResourcesTask.inputs.property( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", project.getProperty( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", "2.7.2" ) )
+//        processTestResourcesTask.inputs.property( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", project.getProperty( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", "2.7.4" ) )
 //        processTestResourcesTask.inputs.property( "gradle.libs.versions.derby", project.getProperty( "gradle.libs.versions.derby", "10.15.2.0" ) )
         processTestResourcesTask.filter( ReplaceTokens, tokens: dbBundle[db] )
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java
index 337277c44c46..48c2a8f0ca4f 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 
 import org.hibernate.c3p0.internal.C3P0ConnectionProvider;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseASEDialect;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.ConnectionProviderJdbcConnectionAccess;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.JdbcServices;
 
 import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.JiraKey;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SkipForDialect;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.hibernate.testing.junit4.ExtraAssertions.assertTyping;
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
 /**
  * @author Strong Liu
  */
+@SkipForDialect(dialectClass = SybaseASEDialect.class,
+		reason = "JtdsConnection.isValid not implemented")
 public class C3P0ConnectionProviderTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3p0TransactionIsolationConfigTest.java b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3p0TransactionIsolationConfigTest.java
index 8cb4cbfaf755..a7e23c5da70a 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3p0TransactionIsolationConfigTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3p0TransactionIsolationConfigTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
 import org.hibernate.c3p0.internal.C3P0ConnectionProvider;
 import org.hibernate.community.dialect.AltibaseDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseASEDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.TiDBDialect;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.ConnectionProvider;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 @SkipForDialect(value = TiDBDialect.class, comment = "Doesn't support SERIALIZABLE isolation")
 @SkipForDialect(value = AltibaseDialect.class, comment = "Altibase cannot change isolation level in autocommit mode")
+@SkipForDialect(value = SybaseASEDialect.class, comment = "JtdsConnection.isValid not implemented")
 public class C3p0TransactionIsolationConfigTest extends BaseTransactionIsolationConfigTest {
 	private StandardServiceRegistry ssr;
 
diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/StatementCacheTest.java b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/StatementCacheTest.java
index 61cb5df93e5d..75e287d132d5 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/StatementCacheTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/StatementCacheTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
 import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
 
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseASEDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SkipForDialect;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -20,9 +23,13 @@
  *
  * @author Shawn Clowater
  */
+@SkipForDialect(dialectClass = SybaseASEDialect.class,
+		reason = "JtdsConnection.isValid not implemented")
 public class StatementCacheTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 	@Test
 	@JiraKey(value = "HHH-7193")
+	@SkipForDialect(dialectClass = SQLServerDialect.class,
+			reason = "started failing after upgrade to c3p0 0.10")
 	public void testStatementCaching() {
 		inSession(
 				session -> {
@@ -56,7 +63,8 @@ public void testStatementCaching() {
 				}
 		);
 
-		//only one entity should have been inserted to the database (if the statement in the cache wasn't cleared then it would have inserted both entities)
+		// only one entity should have been inserted to the database
+		// (if the statement in the cache wasn't cleared then it would have inserted both entities)
 		inTransaction(
 				session -> {
 					CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = session.getCriteriaBuilder();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/customsql/CustomSqlRestrictionOverridesTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/customsql/CustomSqlRestrictionOverridesTest.java
index 2a898baa9633..18d16f011963 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/customsql/CustomSqlRestrictionOverridesTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/customsql/CustomSqlRestrictionOverridesTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 @RequiresDialect(MySQLDialect.class)
 @RequiresDialect(SQLServerDialect.class)
 @RequiresDialect(PostgreSQLDialect.class)
-@RequiresDialect(DB2Dialect.class)
+@RequiresDialect(value = DB2Dialect.class, majorVersion = 11)
 @RequiresDialect(OracleDialect.class)
 public class CustomSqlRestrictionOverridesTest {
 	@Test
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java
index 855055d7cb2d..fb6a21e8c30e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@
 
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.HANADialect;
 import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.JiraKey;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SkipForDialect;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.*;
 
 import static org.hibernate.testing.transaction.TransactionUtil.doInHibernate;
 
+@SkipForDialect( dialectClass = HANADialect.class,
+		reason = "The INSERT statement for table [Child] contains no column, and this is not supported")
 public class ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 	@Override
 	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/hibernate-testing.gradle b/hibernate-testing/hibernate-testing.gradle
index 68d556ff9a70..00c4916b89a1 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/hibernate-testing.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-testing/hibernate-testing.gradle
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ dependencies {
     api testLibs.assertjCore
 
     api testLibs.mockito
-    api testLibs.mockitoInline
+//    api testLibs.mockitoInline
 
     api testLibs.byteman
     api testLibs.bytemanInstall
     api testLibs.bytemanBmunit
 
-    api testLibs.xapool
+//    api testLibs.xapool
     api( testLibs.jbossTxSpi ) {
         transitive=false;
     }
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/transaction/TransactionUtil2.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/transaction/TransactionUtil2.java
index a5629bc64b95..7bd0c8a059c3 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/transaction/TransactionUtil2.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/transaction/TransactionUtil2.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class TransactionUtil2 {
 	public static void inSession(SessionFactoryImplementor sfi, Consumer<SessionImplementor> action) {
 		log.trace( "#inSession(SF,action)" );
 
-		try (SessionImplementor session = (SessionImplementor) sfi.openSession()) {
+		try (SessionImplementor session = sfi.openSession()) {
 			log.trace( "Session opened, calling action" );
 			action.accept( session );
 			log.trace( "called action" );
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static void inSession(SessionFactoryImplementor sfi, Consumer<SessionImpl
 	public static <R> R fromSession(SessionFactoryImplementor sfi, Function<SessionImplementor,R> action) {
 		log.trace( "#inSession(SF,action)" );
 
-		try (SessionImplementor session = (SessionImplementor) sfi.openSession()) {
+		try (SessionImplementor session = sfi.openSession()) {
 			log.trace( "Session opened, calling action" );
 			return action.apply( session );
 		}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public static <R> R inSessionReturn(SessionFactoryImplementor sfi, Function<Sess
 		log.trace( "#inSession(SF,action)" );
 
 		R result = null;
-		try (SessionImplementor session = (SessionImplementor) sfi.openSession()) {
+		try (SessionImplementor session = sfi.openSession()) {
 			log.trace( "Session opened, calling action" );
 			result = action.apply( session );
 			log.trace( "called action" );
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index ec779c430f19..15d00111d928 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -75,21 +75,21 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             def antlrVersion = version "antlr", "4.13.0"
             // WARNING: When upgrading to a version of bytebuddy that supports a new bytecode version,
             // make sure to remove the now unnecessary net.bytebuddy.experimental=true in relevant CI jobs (Jenkinsfile).
-            def byteBuddyVersion = version "byteBuddy", "1.14.18"
-            def classmateVersion = version "classmate", "1.5.1"
+            def byteBuddyVersion = version "byteBuddy", "1.15.10"
+            def classmateVersion = version "classmate", "1.7.0"
             def geolatteVersion = version "geolatte", "1.9.1"
             def hibernateModelsVersion = version "hibernateModels", "0.9.3"
-            def jandexVersion = version "jandex", "3.2.0"
-            def jacksonVersion = version "jackson", "2.17.0"
-            def jbossLoggingVersion = version "jbossLogging", "3.6.0.Final"
-            def jbossLoggingToolVersion = version "jbossLoggingTool", "3.0.2.Final"
-
-            def agroalVersion = version "agroal", "2.0"
-            def c3poVersion = version"c3p0", "0.9.5.5"
-            def hikaricpVersion = version "hikaricp", "3.2.0"
+            def jandexVersion = version "jandex", "3.2.3"
+            def jacksonVersion = version "jackson", "2.18.2"
+            def jbossLoggingVersion = version "jbossLogging", "3.6.1.Final"
+            def jbossLoggingToolVersion = version "jbossLoggingTool", "3.0.3.Final"
+
+            def agroalVersion = version "agroal", "2.5"
+            def c3poVersion = version "c3p0", "0.10.1"
+            def hikaricpVersion = version "hikaricp", "6.2.1"
             def proxoolVersion = version "proxool", "0.8.3"
             def viburVersion = version "vibur", "25.0"
-            def ucpVersion = version "ucp", "23.4.0.24.05"
+            def ucpVersion = version "ucp", "23.6.0.24.10"
 
             def jcacheVersion = version "jcache", "1.0.0"
             def ehcache3Version = version "ehcache3", "3.10.8"
@@ -174,22 +174,22 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library( "el", "org.glassfish.expressly", "expressly" ).versionRef( elVersion )
         }
         testLibs {
-            def junit5Version = version "junit5", "5.10.2"
+            def junit5Version = version "junit5", "5.11.3"
             def junit4Version = version "junit4", "4.13.2"
-            def junit5LauncherVersion = version "junit5Launcher", "1.10.2"
+            def junit5LauncherVersion = version "junit5Launcher", "1.11.3"
 
-            def assertjVersion = version "assertj", "3.22.0"
-            def bytemanVersion = version "byteman", "4.0.20"
-            def jbossJtaVersion = version "jbossJta", "7.0.0.Final"
+            def assertjVersion = version "assertj", "3.26.3"
+            def bytemanVersion = version "byteman", "4.0.23"
+            def jbossJtaVersion = version "jbossJta", "7.1.0.Final"
             def jbossTxSpiVersion = version "jbossTxSpi", "8.0.0.Final"
-            def log4jVersion = version "log4j", "2.17.1"
-            def mockitoVersion = version "mockito", "5.2.0"
+            def log4jVersion = version "log4j", "2.24.2"
+            def mockitoVersion = version "mockito", "5.14.2"
             //Compatible with JDK20
             def shrinkwrapVersion = version "shrinkwrap", "1.2.6"
             def shrinkwrapDescriptorsVersion = version "shrinkwrapDescriptors", "2.0.0"
-            def weldVersion = version "weld", "4.0.1.SP1"
+            def weldVersion = version "weld", "5.1.3.Final"
             def wildFlyTxnClientVersion = version "wildFlyTxnClient", "2.0.0.Final"
-            def xapoolVersion = version "xapool", "1.5.0"
+//            def xapoolVersion = version "xapool", "1.5.0"
 
             def jfrUnitVersion = version "jfrUnit", "1.0.0.Alpha2"
 
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library( "bytemanBmunit", "org.jboss.byteman", "byteman-bmunit" ).versionRef( bytemanVersion )
 
             library( "mockito", "org.mockito", "mockito-core" ).versionRef( mockitoVersion )
-            library( "mockitoInline", "org.mockito", "mockito-inline" ).versionRef( mockitoVersion )
+//            library( "mockitoInline", "org.mockito", "mockito-inline" ).versionRef( mockitoVersion )
 
-            library( "xapool", "com.experlog", "xapool" ).versionRef( xapoolVersion )
+//            library( "xapool", "com.experlog", "xapool" ).versionRef( xapoolVersion )
             library( "jbossJta", "org.jboss.narayana.jta", "narayana-jta" ).versionRef( jbossJtaVersion )
             library( "jbossTxSpi", "org.jboss", "jboss-transaction-spi" ).versionRef( jbossTxSpiVersion )
             library( "wildFlyTxnClient", "org.wildfly.transaction", "wildfly-transaction-client-jakarta" ).versionRef( wildFlyTxnClientVersion )
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             // Latest Derby version 10.16.1.1 only supports JDK 17+, but 10.15.2 should be compatible
             def derbyVersion = version "derby", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.derby", "10.15.2.0" )
             def firebirdVersion = version "firebird", "4.0.8.java11"
-            def hanaVersion = version "hana", "2.19.11"
-            def h2gisVersion = version "h2gis", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.h2gis", "2.2.2" )
-            def hsqldbVersion = version "hsqldb", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", "2.7.2" )
-            def informixVersion = version "informix", "4.50.10.1"
-            def mariadbVersion = version "mariadb", "3.4.0"
-            def mssqlVersion = version "mssql", "12.4.2.jre11"
-            def mysqlVersion = version "mysql", "8.2.0"
+            def hanaVersion = version "hana", "2.22.12"
+            def h2gisVersion = version "h2gis", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.h2gis", "2.2.3" )
+            def hsqldbVersion = version "hsqldb", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", "2.7.4" )
+            def informixVersion = version "informix", "4.50.11"
+            def mariadbVersion = version "mariadb", "3.5.1"
+            def mssqlVersion = version "mssql", "12.8.1.jre11"
+            def mysqlVersion = version "mysql", "9.1.0"
             def oracleVersion = version "oracle", "23.4.0.24.05"
             def oracleLegacyVersion = version "oracleLegacy", "11.2.0.4"
-            def pgsqlVersion = version "pgsql", "42.7.1"
+            def pgsqlVersion = version "pgsql", "42.7.4"
             def sybaseVersion = version "sybase", "1.3.1"
             def tidbVersion = version "tidb", mysqlVersion
             def altibaseVersion = version "altibase", "7.3.0.0.3"