diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66c0cc2..7d6b00f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,24 +24,22 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <!-- dependencies -->
-    <owasp.version>6.5.0</owasp.version>
-    <spring.boot.version>2.5.7</spring.boot.version>
-    <spring.cloud.version>3.0.5</spring.cloud.version>
-    <spring.test.version>5.3.9</spring.test.version>
-    <spring.security.version>5.5.2</spring.security.version>
-    <lombok.version>1.18.20</lombok.version>
-    <liquibase.version>4.4.3</liquibase.version>
-    <springdoc.version>1.5.10</springdoc.version>
-    <junit.version>5.7.2</junit.version>
+    <owasp.version>6.5.3</owasp.version>
+    <spring.boot.version>2.6.2</spring.boot.version>
+    <spring.test.version>5.3.12</spring.test.version>
+    <spring.security.version>5.6.0</spring.security.version>
+    <lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
+    <liquibase.version>4.6.2</liquibase.version>
+    <springdoc.version>1.6.0</springdoc.version>
+    <junit.version>5.8.1</junit.version>
     <mapstruct.version>1.4.2.Final</mapstruct.version>
-    <mockito.version>3.12.4</mockito.version>
-    <bcpkix.version>1.69</bcpkix.version>
+    <mockito.version>4.1.0</mockito.version>
+    <bcpkix.version>1.70</bcpkix.version>
     <okhttp.version>4.9.1</okhttp.version>
-    <shedlock.version>4.26.0</shedlock.version>
-    <dgc.lib.version>1.1.7</dgc.lib.version>
-    <h2.version>2.0.202</h2.version>
+    <shedlock.version>4.30.0</shedlock.version>
+    <dgc.lib.version>1.1.9</dgc.lib.version>
+    <h2.version>2.0.206</h2.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version> 
     <!-- plugins -->
     <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.1.2</plugin.checkstyle.version>
     <plugin.sonar.version>3.9.0.2155</plugin.sonar.version>
@@ -96,21 +94,6 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
-       <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-          <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-     </dependency>
-     <dependency>
-       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-       <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
@@ -118,13 +101,6 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-       <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-       <artifactId>spring-cloud-openfeign-dependencies</artifactId>
-       <version>3.0.5</version>
-       <type>pom</type>
-       <scope>import</scope>
-       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
         <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>