diff --git a/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml b/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml
index 725e0027..0ebb8d3e 100644
--- a/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/JavaCon/pom.xml b/JavaCon/pom.xml
index 43e28e2c..309c89e2 100644
--- a/JavaCon/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/pom.xml
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@
         <maven.compiler.release>22</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!-- testing -->
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.11.0</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.11.2</junit-jupiter.version>
         <testng.version>7.10.2</testng.version>
         <hemcrest.version>3.0</hemcrest.version>
         <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-        <logback.version>1.5.8</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.5.11</logback.version>
         <slf4j-api.version>2.0.16</slf4j-api.version>
 
         <lombok.version>1.18.34</lombok.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.16.1</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
 
         <!-- reactive -->
         <rxjava.version>3.1.9</rxjava.version>
-        <projectreactor.version>2023.0.10</projectreactor.version>
+        <projectreactor.version>2023.0.11</projectreactor.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>24.1.0</version>
+            <version>26.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/Playground/pom.xml b/Playground/pom.xml
index ec7f59a0..1820a4c7 100644
--- a/Playground/pom.xml
+++ b/Playground/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.11.0</version>
+            <version>5.11.2</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.24.0</version>
+            <version>2.24.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.24.0</version>
+            <version>2.24.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.24.0</version>
+            <version>2.24.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>--enable-preview</argLine>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml b/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml
index 855e19c1..a33aa4d0 100644
--- a/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.0</version>
+            <version>1.11.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml b/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml
index 7a5b5b0e..b4dd9224 100644
--- a/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pitest-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>1.16.3</version>
+                <version>1.17.0</version>
                 <!--                <configuration>-->
                 <!--                    <targetClasses>-->
                 <!--                        <param>com.saurabh.*</param>-->
diff --git a/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml b/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml
index bce1b2c7..fa8cc8a1 100644
--- a/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.3</version>
+        <version>3.3.4</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -51,28 +51,28 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.1</version>
+            <version>1.20.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.1</version>
+            <version>1.20.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.1</version>
+            <version>1.20.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>rabbitmq</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20.1</version>
+            <version>1.20.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/Testing/pom.xml b/Testing/pom.xml
index 8bfe87e3..d72b23bb 100644
--- a/Testing/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
         <java.version>22</java.version>
         <junit.version.legacy>4.13.2</junit.version.legacy>
         <hemcrest.version>3.0</hemcrest.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.13.0</mockito.version>
-        <junit.version.intellij.supports>5.11.0</junit.version.intellij.supports>
+        <mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
+        <junit.version.intellij.supports>5.11.2</junit.version.intellij.supports>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle
index 561051f5..f8d711a5 100644
--- a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle
+++ b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-api
-    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.11.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.11.2'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.quartz-scheduler/quartz
     implementation group: 'org.quartz-scheduler', name: 'quartz', version: '2.3.2'
diff --git a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 0aaefbca..df97d72b 100644
--- a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 443d8849..d58dfb70 100644
--- a/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-wrapperVersion=3.3.1
+wrapperVersion=3.3.2
+distributionType=only-script
 distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw b/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw
index ac8e247e..19529ddf 100755
--- a/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw
+++ b/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.1
+# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
 #
 # Optional ENV vars
 # -----------------
@@ -97,11 +97,19 @@ die() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+trim() {
+  # MWRAPPER-139:
+  #   Trims trailing and leading whitespace, carriage returns, tabs, and linefeeds.
+  #   Needed for removing poorly interpreted newline sequences when running in more
+  #   exotic environments such as mingw bash on Windows.
+  printf "%s" "${1}" | tr -d '[:space:]'
+}
+
 # parse distributionUrl and optional distributionSha256Sum, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
 while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
   case "${key-}" in
-  distributionUrl) distributionUrl="${value-}" ;;
-  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum="${value-}" ;;
+  distributionUrl) distributionUrl=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
+  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
   esac
 done <"${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
 [ -n "${distributionUrl-}" ] || die "cannot read distributionUrl property in ${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
@@ -131,7 +139,8 @@ esac
 distributionUrlName="${distributionUrl##*/}"
 distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlName%.*}"
 distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlNameMain%-bin}"
-MAVEN_HOME="$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
+MAVEN_USER_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME:-${HOME}/.m2}"
+MAVEN_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME}/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
 
 exec_maven() {
   unset MVNW_VERBOSE MVNW_USERNAME MVNW_PASSWORD MVNW_REPOURL || :
diff --git a/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw.cmd b/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw.cmd
index 1ff8c9dd..b150b91e 100644
--- a/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/Tools/aop-logging/mvnw.cmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.1
+@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
 @REM
 @REM Optional ENV vars
 @REM   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ if ($env:MVNW_REPOURL) {
 $distributionUrlName = $distributionUrl -replace '^.*/',''
 $distributionUrlNameMain = $distributionUrlName -replace '\.[^.]*$','' -replace '-bin$',''
 $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+if ($env:MAVEN_USER_HOME) {
+  $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$env:MAVEN_USER_HOME/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+}
 $MAVEN_HOME_NAME = ([System.Security.Cryptography.MD5]::Create().ComputeHash([byte[]][char[]]$distributionUrl) | ForEach-Object {$_.ToString("x2")}) -join ''
 $MAVEN_HOME = "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME"
 
diff --git a/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml b/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml
index e7fd7306..1165976a 100644
--- a/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.3</version>
+        <version>3.3.4</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.saurabh</groupId>
diff --git a/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 443d8849..d58dfb70 100644
--- a/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-wrapperVersion=3.3.1
+wrapperVersion=3.3.2
+distributionType=only-script
 distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw b/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw
index ac8e247e..19529ddf 100755
--- a/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw
+++ b/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.1
+# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
 #
 # Optional ENV vars
 # -----------------
@@ -97,11 +97,19 @@ die() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+trim() {
+  # MWRAPPER-139:
+  #   Trims trailing and leading whitespace, carriage returns, tabs, and linefeeds.
+  #   Needed for removing poorly interpreted newline sequences when running in more
+  #   exotic environments such as mingw bash on Windows.
+  printf "%s" "${1}" | tr -d '[:space:]'
+}
+
 # parse distributionUrl and optional distributionSha256Sum, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
 while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
   case "${key-}" in
-  distributionUrl) distributionUrl="${value-}" ;;
-  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum="${value-}" ;;
+  distributionUrl) distributionUrl=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
+  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
   esac
 done <"${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
 [ -n "${distributionUrl-}" ] || die "cannot read distributionUrl property in ${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
@@ -131,7 +139,8 @@ esac
 distributionUrlName="${distributionUrl##*/}"
 distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlName%.*}"
 distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlNameMain%-bin}"
-MAVEN_HOME="$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
+MAVEN_USER_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME:-${HOME}/.m2}"
+MAVEN_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME}/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
 
 exec_maven() {
   unset MVNW_VERBOSE MVNW_USERNAME MVNW_PASSWORD MVNW_REPOURL || :
diff --git a/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw.cmd b/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw.cmd
index 1ff8c9dd..b150b91e 100644
--- a/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/Tools/moustache-demo/mvnw.cmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.1
+@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
 @REM
 @REM Optional ENV vars
 @REM   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ if ($env:MVNW_REPOURL) {
 $distributionUrlName = $distributionUrl -replace '^.*/',''
 $distributionUrlNameMain = $distributionUrlName -replace '\.[^.]*$','' -replace '-bin$',''
 $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+if ($env:MAVEN_USER_HOME) {
+  $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$env:MAVEN_USER_HOME/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+}
 $MAVEN_HOME_NAME = ([System.Security.Cryptography.MD5]::Create().ComputeHash([byte[]][char[]]$distributionUrl) | ForEach-Object {$_.ToString("x2")}) -join ''
 $MAVEN_HOME = "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME"
 
diff --git a/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml b/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml
index be008ddd..9465fa9f 100644
--- a/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.3</version>
+        <version>3.3.4</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>