diff --git a/elemental-parent/pom.xml b/elemental-parent/pom.xml
index 4df9499a0d..44cd27ad38 100644
--- a/elemental-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/elemental-parent/pom.xml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
 
         <!-- Dependencies -->
         <eclipse.angus-activation.version>2.0.3</eclipse.angus-activation.version>
-        <junit.platform.version>6.0.0</junit.platform.version>
-        <junit.jupiter.version>6.0.0</junit.jupiter.version>
+        <junit.platform.version>6.0.1</junit.platform.version>
+        <junit.jupiter.version>6.0.1</junit.jupiter.version>
         <objenesis.version>3.4</objenesis.version>
         <jakarta.activation-api.version>2.1.4</jakarta.activation-api.version>
         <jaxb.api.version>4.0.4</jaxb.api.version>
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <inherited>true</inherited>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.6.2</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.2</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifest>
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifest>
@@ -332,7 +338,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                     <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                    <version>12.1.8</version>
+                    <version>12.1.9</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <nvdApiKeyEnvironmentVariable>NVD_API_KEY</nvdApiKeyEnvironmentVariable>
                         <nvdApiServerId>nvd-api</nvdApiServerId>
@@ -364,7 +370,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.code54.mojo</groupId>
@@ -402,7 +408,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                         <tagNameFormat>elemental-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
@@ -449,7 +455,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.19.1</version>
+                    <version>2.20.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -498,7 +504,7 @@
                             <user.country>UK</user.country>
                             <user.language>en</user.language>
                             <user.timezone>Europe/Berlin</user.timezone>
-                            <java.locale.providers>JRE,CLDR,SPI</java.locale.providers>
+                            <java.locale.providers>CLDR,SPI</java.locale.providers>
                             <log4j.configurationFile>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/log4j2.xml</log4j.configurationFile>
                         </systemPropertyVariables>
                         <includes>
@@ -533,12 +539,32 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
                     <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>5.2.0.4988</version>
+                    <version>5.5.0.6356</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
 
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-maven-version</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <version>3.9.0</version>
+                                </requireMavenVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                            <fail>true</fail>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -787,4 +813,4 @@
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/exist-core/pom.xml b/exist-core/pom.xml
index e2d7ebaac1..146734ffeb 100644
--- a/exist-core/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-core/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.0</version>
+            <version>2.20.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -222,11 +222,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.82</version>
+            <version>1.83</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.lz4</groupId>
+            <groupId>at.yawk.lz4</groupId>
             <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
             <version>${lz4-java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.uuid</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-uuid-generator</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.1</version>
+            <version>5.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-pool2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
+            <version>2.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
             <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.1</version>
+            <version>2.5.2</version>
             <!-- exclude Quartz SQL connectivity options -->
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/exist-distribution/pom.xml b/exist-distribution/pom.xml
index d60331b01f..b3260572f4 100644
--- a/exist-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -712,9 +712,9 @@
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.exist-db.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>public-xar-repo-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.0</version>
+                <groupId>com.evolvedbinary.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>expath-package-repository-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>fetch-xars</id>
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <repoUri>${public.xar.repo.uri}</repoUri>
                             <outputDirectory>${expath.pkg.dir}</outputDirectory>
-                            <existDbVersion>${project.version}</existDbVersion>
+                            <elementalVersion>${project.version}</elementalVersion>
                             <packages>
                                 <package>
                                     <abbrev>dashboard</abbrev>
diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index a5d6ee6a0a..a13a5bd84e 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <icu.version>59.1</icu.version>
         <izpack.version>5.2.4</izpack.version>
         <jline.version>3.30.6</jline.version>
-        <lz4-java.version>1.8.0</lz4-java.version>
+        <lz4-java.version>1.10.2</lz4-java.version>
         <jetty.version>11.0.26</jetty.version>
         <log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
         <lucene.version>4.10.4</lucene.version>
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.19.0</version>
+                <version>1.20.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.0</version>
+                <version>2.21.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-                <version>1.17.8</version>
+                <version>1.18.2</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifest>
diff --git a/extensions/debuggee/pom.xml b/extensions/debuggee/pom.xml
index c9853cbe89..1757a8602b 100644
--- a/extensions/debuggee/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/debuggee/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>@{jacocoArgLine}</argLine>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <java.locale.providers>JRE,CLDR,SPI</java.locale.providers>
+                        <java.locale.providers>CLDR,SPI</java.locale.providers>
                         <log4j.configurationFile>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/log4j2.xml</log4j.configurationFile>
                         <exist.jetty.standalone.webapp.dir>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/standalone-webapp</exist.jetty.standalone.webapp.dir>
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
diff --git a/extensions/indexes/spatial/pom.xml b/extensions/indexes/spatial/pom.xml
index 1fcd9b1d1e..6f484ea0cd 100644
--- a/extensions/indexes/spatial/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/indexes/spatial/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <geotools.version>34.0</geotools.version>
+        <geotools.version>34.1</geotools.version>
     </properties>
     
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml b/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
index 027bda3b8d..6689d6cf3c 100644
--- a/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.27.1</version>
+            <version>1.28.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/extensions/modules/mail/pom.xml b/extensions/modules/mail/pom.xml
index 5f8ddd1d3a..b945ba51d3 100644
--- a/extensions/modules/mail/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/modules/mail/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <properties>
         <jakarta.mail-api.version>2.1.5</jakarta.mail-api.version>
         <eclipse.angus-mail.version>2.0.5</eclipse.angus-mail.version>
-        <greenmail.version>2.1.7</greenmail.version>
+        <greenmail.version>2.1.8</greenmail.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -288,4 +288,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/extensions/modules/sql/pom.xml b/extensions/modules/sql/pom.xml
index 280b59c929..1d50d10c47 100644
--- a/extensions/modules/sql/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/modules/sql/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.232</version>
+            <version>2.4.240</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>