diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f395ad26..b43f53ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>de.hs-heilbronn.mi</groupId>
 				<artifactId>log4j2-utils</artifactId>
-				<version>0.9.0</version>
+				<version>0.10.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- logging -->
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-				<version>2.12.3</version>
+				<version>2.12.4</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- testing -->
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.1.2</version>
+					<version>3.2.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
 					<artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.15.0</version>
+					<version>2.16.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>