diff --git a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
index a80596961..295fab2aa 100644
--- a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
-        <junit.version>5.11.4</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.12.0</junit.version>
         <native-build-tools-plugin.version>0.10.5</native-build-tools-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed1db366f..7246506b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.3</jackson.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
         <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
         <rocksdb.version>9.10.0</rocksdb.version>
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
         <lombok.version>1.18.36</lombok.version>
         <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.15.2</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.16.0</mockito.version>
         <podam.version>8.0.2.RELEASE</podam.version>
         <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
-        <awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
+        <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.13.1</joda-time.version>
         <meanbean.version>2.0.3</meanbean.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.4</snakeyaml.version>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
         <surefire.version>3.5.2</surefire.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <dokka.version>2.0.0</dokka.version>