diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88c91660..54ff2141 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ target
 .springBeans
 .DS_Store
 .gradle
+.java-version
 TODO
 gradle.properties
 build
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 528e257e..3cd206c0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ buildscript {
 ext {
     libs = [
             jsonSmart: 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.5.0',
-            slf4jApi: 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.9',
+            slf4jApi: 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.11',
             gson: 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1',
             hamcrest: 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2',
-            jacksonDatabind: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.15.3',
+            jacksonDatabind: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.1',
             jettison: 'org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.5.4',
             jsonOrg: 'org.json:json:20231013',
             tapestryJson: 'org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-json:5.8.3',
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ext {
                     'commons-io:commons-io:2.15.0',
                     'junit:junit:4.13.+',
                     'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine:5.10.+',
-                    'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2',
+                    'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.25.1',
                     'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2',
                     'org.glassfish:jakarta.json:2.0.1',
                     'org.eclipse:yasson:2.0.4',
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ext {
                     'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9',
                     'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1',
                     'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2',
-                    'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.15.3',
+                    'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.1',
                     'org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.5.4',
                     'org.json:json:20231013',
                     'org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-json:5.8.3',