diff --git a/core/pax-exam-spi/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/spi/war/WarBuilderTest.java b/core/pax-exam-spi/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/spi/war/WarBuilderTest.java
index d9dc2b151..c0e75bd0f 100644
--- a/core/pax-exam-spi/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/spi/war/WarBuilderTest.java
+++ b/core/pax-exam-spi/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/spi/war/WarBuilderTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class WarBuilderTest {
     private File tempDir;
     private ZipFile war;
     
-    private static final String MOCKITO_VERSION = "5.11.0"; // needs to match dependency in project
+    private static final String MOCKITO_VERSION = "5.14.2"; // needs to match dependency in project
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws IOException {
diff --git a/pom/pom.xml b/pom/pom.xml
index 18284a1fb..f4d28165a 100644
--- a/pom/pom.xml
+++ b/pom/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
         <dependency.logback.version>1.2.12</dependency.logback.version>
 
-        <dependency.maven.version>3.9.7</dependency.maven.version>
         <dependency.testng.version>7.10.2</dependency.testng.version>
         <dependency.org.apache.servicemix.bundles.hamcrest.version>1.3_1</dependency.org.apache.servicemix.bundles.hamcrest.version>
         <dependency.org.apache.servicemix.bundles.junit.version>4.13.2_1</dependency.org.apache.servicemix.bundles.junit.version>
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <argLine>${jacoco.argLine}</argLine>
                     </configuration>
@@ -161,12 +160,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.0</version>
+                    <version>3.8.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.13.1</version>
+                    <version>3.15.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
-                <version>3.9.7</version>
+                <version>3.9.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
@@ -268,18 +267,18 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
-                <version>3.9.7</version>
+                <version>3.9.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
-                <version>3.9.7</version>
+                <version>3.9.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-common-artifact-filters</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.2</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- testing -->
             <dependency>
@@ -298,13 +297,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
                 <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-                <version>${dependency.testng.version}</version>
+                <version>7.10.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- Mockito -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-                <version>5.11.0</version>
+                <version>5.14.2</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <!-- URL Handlers are runtime artifacts. -->
@@ -423,12 +422,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-                <version>1.26.2</version>
+                <version>1.27.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.16.1</version>
+                <version>2.17.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -515,7 +514,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.14.0</version>
+                <version>3.17.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>