diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d97a6739..1345db18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
-    <scala.main.version>2.12</scala.main.version>
-    <spark.version>3.3.1</spark.version>
-    <scalatest.version>3.2.12</scalatest.version>
-    <connector.version>3.2.0</connector.version>
+    <scala.version>2.13.12</scala.version>
+    <scala.main.version>2.13</scala.main.version>
+    <spark.version>3.4.1</spark.version>
+    <scalatest.version>3.2.17</scalatest.version>
+    <connector.version>3.4.1</connector.version>
     <cassandra.version>5.0-alpha1</cassandra.version>
     <junit.version>5.9.1</junit.version>
-    <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
+    <mockito.version>5.5.0</mockito.version>
     <java-driver.version>4.17.0</java-driver.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -78,20 +83,20 @@
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>java-driver-core-shaded</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
-	<exclusion>
-	  <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>java-driver-mapper-runtime</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
-	<exclusion>
-	  <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
-	<exclusion>
-	  <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>java-driver-shaded-guava</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
+	      <artifactId>java-driver-core-shaded</artifactId>
+	    </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
+          <artifactId>java-driver-mapper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
+          <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
+          <artifactId>java-driver-shaded-guava</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -120,23 +125,23 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.jnr</groupId>
       <artifactId>jnr-posix</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.15</version>
+      <version>3.1.18</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.19.0</version>
+      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.19.0</version>
+      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>2.19.0</version>
+      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->