diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 418ad1573..65b59415c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
-  id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version "12.2.1"
+  id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version "13.0.0"
   id 'java-test-fixtures'
   id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '8.4.0'
   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.54.0' //`./gradlew dependencyUpdates --no-parallel` to report outdated dependencies
   id 'com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report' version '3.1.2'
   id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.7'
   id 'me.champeau.jmh' version '0.7.3' apply false
-  id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '4.4.0'
+  id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '5.1.0'
   id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' version '5.3.3'
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
index ed2c6e64a..33711c253 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
   imports {
     // Import log4j BOM first with higher priority
     mavenBom "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.25.4"
-    mavenBom 'org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.3'
+    mavenBom 'org.junit:junit-bom:6.1.3'
     mavenBom 'io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.12.Final'
   }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
 
     dependency 'info.picocli:picocli:4.7.7'
 
-    dependencySet(group: 'io.vertx', version: '4.5.26') {
+    dependencySet(group: 'io.vertx', version: '5.1.6') {
       entry 'vertx-codegen'
       entry ('vertx-core') {
         exclude group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-handler'
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
       entry 'bcprov-jdk18on'
     }
 
-    dependency 'org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:5.15.0'
+    dependency 'org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:7.6.0'
 
     dependencySet(group: 'org.mockito', version: '5.23.0') {
       entry 'mockito-core'
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ dependencyManagement {
 
     dependency 'tech.pegasys:jblst:0.3.15'
 
-    dependency 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured:5.5.7'
+    dependency 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured:6.0.1'
     dependency 'org.zeroturnaround:zt-exec:1.12'
-    dependencySet(group: 'org.web3j', version: '5.0.2') {
+    dependencySet(group: 'org.web3j', version: '6.0.0') {
       entry 'besu'
       entry ('core') {
         exclude group: 'com.github.jnr', name: 'jnr-unixsocket'
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ dependencyManagement {
       entry 'jdbi3-testing'
     }
 
-    dependencySet(group: 'org.flywaydb', version: '11.20.3') {
+    dependencySet(group: 'org.flywaydb', version: '13.3.0') {
         entry 'flyway-core'
         entry 'flyway-database-postgresql'
     }
 
     dependency 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-secretmanager:2.91.0'
 
-    dependency 'io.zonky.test.postgres:embedded-postgres-binaries-bom:17.9.0'
+    dependency 'io.zonky.test.postgres:embedded-postgres-binaries-bom:18.4.0'
     dependency 'io.zonky.test:embedded-postgres:2.2.2'
 
     dependency 'com.github.ipld:java-cid:1.4.0'
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
       entry 'kms'
     }
 
-    dependencySet(group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', version: '4.12.0') {
+    dependencySet(group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', version: '5.5.0') {
       entry 'okhttp'
       entry 'mockwebserver'
       entry 'logging-interceptor'   // CVE-2021-0341 via org.web3j:core:4.9.2
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
 
     dependency 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.6.0'
 
-    dependency 'com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:9.48'
+    dependency 'com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:10.9.1'
 
     // used in tests to assert log message
     dependency 'de.neuland-bfi:assertj-logging-log4j:0.5.0'