diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbf822daa..5d7c0d25d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 		<hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>5.12.2</junit.version>
-		<mockito.version>5.17.0</mockito.version>
+		<junit.version>5.13.2</junit.version>
+		<mockito.version>5.18.0</mockito.version>
 		<!-- dev.ikm.jpms dependencies -->
-		<eclipse-collections.version>12.0.0.M3-r2</eclipse-collections.version>
+		<eclipse-collections.version>12.0.0.M3-r3</eclipse-collections.version>
 		<jsr305.version>3.0.2-r7</jsr305.version>
 		<!-- other dependencies -->
-		<caffeine.version>3.2.0</caffeine.version>
+		<caffeine.version>3.2.1</caffeine.version>
 		<!-- org.apache.maven.plugins -->
 		<maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
 		<maven-changes-plugin.version>2.12.1</maven-changes-plugin.version>
-		<maven-clean-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-clean-plugin.version>
+		<maven-clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
 		<maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		<maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<!-- other plugins -->
-		<license-maven-plugin.version>2.5.0</license-maven-plugin.version>
+		<license-maven-plugin.version>2.6.0</license-maven-plugin.version>
 		<sonatype.central.plugin.version>0.8.0</sonatype.central.plugin.version> <!-- Property for deploying to Maven Central -->
 		<tidy-maven-plugin.version>1.4.0</tidy-maven-plugin.version>
 		<versions-maven-plugin.version>2.18.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.1.0</version>
+						<version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>