diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 44b7f6e9..9a721d7b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import CustomSettings._
 
 def itFilter(name: String): Boolean = name endsWith "IntegrationSpec"
 
@@ -10,24 +9,24 @@ lazy val UnitTest = config("ut").extend(Test)
 
 lazy val commonConfigs = Seq(ItTest, UnitTest)
 
+val libatsVersion = "2.4.1"
+
 lazy val commonDeps = libraryDependencies ++= {
-  val scalaTestV = "3.2.16"
-  lazy val libatsV = libatsVersion.value
+  val scalaTestV = "3.2.17"
   lazy val catsV = "2.10.0"
 
   Seq(
     "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-async" % "1.0.1",
     "org.scala-lang" % "scala-reflect" % scalaVersion.value % Provided,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats" % libatsV,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats" % libatsVersion,
     "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalaTestV % "test",
     "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % catsV,
   )
 }
 
 lazy val serverDependencies = libraryDependencies ++= {
-  lazy val akkaV = "2.6.20"
-  lazy val akkaHttpV = "10.2.10"
-  lazy val libatsV = libatsVersion.value
+  lazy val akkaV = "2.8.5"
+  lazy val akkaHttpV = "10.5.2"
 
   Seq(
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % akkaV,
@@ -38,14 +37,14 @@ lazy val serverDependencies = libraryDependencies ++= {
     "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-http-testkit" % akkaHttpV % "test",
     "com.softwaremill.sttp.client" %% "akka-http-backend" % "2.3.0" % "test",
 
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-http" % libatsV,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-http-tracing" % libatsV,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-messaging" % libatsV,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-metrics-akka" % libatsV,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-metrics-prometheus" % libatsV,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-slick" % libatsV,
-    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-logging" % libatsV,
-    "org.mariadb.jdbc" % "mariadb-java-client" % "3.1.4"
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-http" % libatsVersion,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-http-tracing" % libatsVersion,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-messaging" % libatsVersion,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-metrics-akka" % libatsVersion,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-metrics-prometheus" % libatsVersion,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-slick" % libatsVersion,
+    "io.github.uptane" %% "libats-logging" % libatsVersion,
+    "org.mariadb.jdbc" % "mariadb-java-client" % "3.2.0"
   )
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
   Compile / console / scalacOptions ~= (_.filterNot(_ == "-Ywarn-unused-import")),
   resolvers += "sonatype-snapshots" at "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots",
   resolvers += "sonatype-releases" at "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases",
-  libatsVersion := "2.1.2",
   licenses += ("MPL-2.0", url("http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/")),
   description := "scala tuf implementation support",
   buildInfoOptions += BuildInfoOption.ToMap,
diff --git a/cli/build.sbt b/cli/build.sbt
index 44630d7c..c4ea67a8 100644
--- a/cli/build.sbt
+++ b/cli/build.sbt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 libraryDependencies += "com.github.scopt" %% "scopt" % "4.1.0"
 
-libraryDependencies += "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "2.0.7"
+libraryDependencies += "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "2.0.9"
 
 libraryDependencies += "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.4.11"
 
 libraryDependencies += "io.circe" %% "circe-generic-extras" % "0.14.3"
 
-libraryDependencies += "io.circe" %% "circe-literal" % "0.14.5" % Test
+libraryDependencies += "io.circe" %% "circe-literal" % "0.14.6" % Test
 
 fork := true
diff --git a/libtuf/build.sbt b/libtuf/build.sbt
index 05e5019e..f7dcb016 100644
--- a/libtuf/build.sbt
+++ b/libtuf/build.sbt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= {
     "com.softwaremill.sttp.client" %% "slf4j-backend" % "2.3.0",
     "com.softwaremill.sttp.client" %% "async-http-client-backend-future" % "2.3.0",
     "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.16" % "provided",
-    "com.azure" % "azure-storage-blob" % "12.23.0",
-    "com.azure" % "azure-identity" % "1.10.0"
+    "com.azure" % "azure-storage-blob" % "12.24.0",
+    "com.azure" % "azure-identity" % "1.10.1"
   )
 }
diff --git a/project/CustomSettings.scala b/project/CustomSettings.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c5894e4..00000000
--- a/project/CustomSettings.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import sbt.settingKey
-
-object CustomSettings {
-  val libatsVersion = settingKey[String]("libats version")
-}
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index e74787a9..5d14bd1f 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-sbt.version=1.9.3
+sbt.version=1.9.6
 
 
diff --git a/project/build.sbt b/project/build.sbt
index b9195a24..3b5f519a 100644
--- a/project/build.sbt
+++ b/project/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-libraryDependencies += "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-s3" % "1.12.533"
+libraryDependencies += "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-s3" % "1.12.565"
 
-libraryDependencies += "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.23.0"
+libraryDependencies += "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.24.0"
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 2c090e42..7b2c9f64 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.11.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.9.16")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.2.1")
-addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-bloop" % "1.5.9")
+addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-bloop" % "1.5.11")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "2.0.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.21")