diff --git a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
index 7d57460c2..0634609bd 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>5.12.2</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.13.3</junit.version>
         <native-build-tools-plugin.version>0.10.6</native-build-tools-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81aa69d4a..4073a13fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@
         <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
         <kotlin.version>2.2.0</kotlin.version>
         <kotlinx-serialization.version>1.9.0</kotlinx-serialization.version>
-        <kotlinx-datetime.version>0.7.0-0.6.x-compat</kotlinx-datetime.version>
+        <kotlinx-datetime.version>0.7.1-0.6.x-compat</kotlinx-datetime.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.38</lombok.version>
         <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>5.18.0</mockito.version>
         <podam.version>8.0.2.RELEASE</podam.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.14.0</joda-time.version>
         <meanbean.version>2.0.3</meanbean.version>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <animal-sniffer.version>1.24</animal-sniffer.version>
         <api-level-24.version>7.0_r2</api-level-24.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.7</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
+        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>