diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b06f8599..f6aef9adb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		<maven.source.plugin.version>3.2.1</maven.source.plugin.version>
 		<!-- make sure that spring core and spring boot versions are compatible-->
 		<spring.boot.version>3.3.1</spring.boot.version>
-		<spring.core.version>6.1.10</spring.core.version>
+		<spring.core.version>6.1.11</spring.core.version>
 		<spring.security.version>6.3.1</spring.security.version>
 		<spring.security.oauth2.version>2.5.2.RELEASE</spring.security.oauth2.version>
 		<spring.security.jwt.version>1.1.1.RELEASE</spring.security.jwt.version>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		<jakarta.servlet.api.version>6.1.0</jakarta.servlet.api.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
 		<junit-jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin>3.3.0</maven-surefire-plugin>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin>3.3.1</maven-surefire-plugin>
 		<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
 		<mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.26.0</assertj.version>
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
 						<plugin>
 							<groupId>org.owasp</groupId> <!--scans for vulnerabilities-->
 							<artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-							<version>9.2.0</version>
+							<version>10.0.2</version>
 							<executions>
 								<execution>
 									<goals>