diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index e7a53e801..1ea2f673a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ updates:
       # Ignore minor version updates for dependencies with group ID "com.google.errorprone"
       - dependency-name: "com.google.errorprone:*"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-minor" ]
+      # Pin RocksDB to version 10.2.1
+      - dependency-name: "org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor", "version-update:semver-patch" ]
     groups:
       security:
         # Group security updates into a single pull request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b86ed1fe1..255c770be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '11', '17' ]
+        java: [ '17' ]
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install
 
       - name: Publish Code Coverage
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && matrix.java == '11'
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && matrix.java == '17'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '11', '17' ]
+        java: [ '17' ]
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '11', '17' ]
+        java: [ '17' ]
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
 
diff --git a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
index 84929c555..20cfb4d3c 100644
--- a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <assertj.version>3.27.6</assertj.version>
-        <junit.version>5.12.2</junit.version>
-        <native-build-tools-plugin.version>0.10.6</native-build-tools-plugin.version>
+        <junit.version>6.0.0</junit.version>
+        <native-build-tools-plugin.version>0.11.2</native-build-tools-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdaa17081..217d24e03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,43 +55,43 @@
         <jackson.version>2.20.0</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
-        <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
+        <h2.version>2.4.240</h2.version>
         <rocksdb.version>10.2.1</rocksdb.version>
         <kryo5.version>5.6.2</kryo5.version>
         <jts.version>1.20.0</jts.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.18.0</commons-codec.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.19.0</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
         <kotlin.version>2.2.20</kotlin.version>
         <kotlinx-serialization.version>1.9.0</kotlinx-serialization.version>
-        <kotlinx-datetime.version>0.7.0-0.6.x-compat</kotlinx-datetime.version>
-        <lombok.version>1.18.38</lombok.version>
+        <kotlinx-datetime.version>0.7.1-0.6.x-compat</kotlinx-datetime.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.42</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>
+        <mockito.version>5.20.0</mockito.version>
         <podam.version>8.0.2.RELEASE</podam.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.2</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>
-        <snakeyaml.version>2.4</snakeyaml.version>
-        <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.2</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
-        <jaxb-impl.version>4.0.5</jaxb-impl.version>
+        <snakeyaml.version>2.5</snakeyaml.version>
+        <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.4</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
+        <jaxb-impl.version>4.0.6</jaxb-impl.version>
         <javafaker.version>1.0.2</javafaker.version>
-        <guava.version>33.4.8-jre</guava.version>
-        <threetenbp.version>1.7.1</threetenbp.version>
+        <guava.version>33.5.0-jre</guava.version>
+        <threetenbp.version>1.7.2</threetenbp.version>
 
         <!-- Error Prone version > 2.31.0 can't run on JDK 11. see https://errorprone.info/docs/installation -->
         <error-prone.version>2.31.0</error-prone.version>
 
-        <jacoco.version>0.8.13</jacoco.version>
-        <surefire.version>3.5.3</surefire.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <jacoco.version>0.8.14</jacoco.version>
+        <surefire.version>3.5.4</surefire.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <dokka.version>2.0.0</dokka.version>
-        <animal-sniffer.version>1.24</animal-sniffer.version>
+        <dokka.version>2.1.0</dokka.version>
+        <animal-sniffer.version>1.26</animal-sniffer.version>
         <api-level-24.version>7.0_r2</api-level-24.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>
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.7.2</version>
+                        <version>1.7.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
                             <flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
                         <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0</version>
+                        <version>0.9.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>deploy-artifacts</id>
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.7.2</version>
+                        <version>1.7.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
                             <flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.13</version>
+                        <version>1.7.0</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
                             <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
                         <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0</version>
+                        <version>0.9.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>deploy-artifacts</id>