diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildtest.yml b/.github/workflows/buildtest.yml
index c90d843..32b620d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildtest.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         NVD_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NVD_API_KEY }}
       run: mvn -B clean install site --file pom.xml
 
-    - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+    - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} 
         files: target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d793ee7..f7f7b2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         GPG_PRIVATEKEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATEKEY }}
       run: mvn -P ci-cd -B clean install site --file pom.xml
       
-    - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+    - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} 
         files: target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7f2a8b..a258551 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
   <properties>
     <forkCount>4</forkCount>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <jdk.version>11</jdk.version>
+    <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
     <jackson.version>[2.15,]</jackson.version>
     <slf4j.version>[1.7,)</slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>[1.2,)</logback.version>
-    <junit-jupiter.version>5.11.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-    <junit-platform.version>1.11.2</junit-platform.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.11.4</junit-jupiter.version>
+    <junit-platform.version>1.11.4</junit-platform.version>
   </properties>
   
   <dependencies>
@@ -99,19 +99,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.12.0</version>
+      <version>5.14.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.1</version>
+        <version>2.18.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>display-plugin-updates</id>
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.6.4</version>
+        <version>4.8.6.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <fork>true</fork>
           <effort>Max</effort>
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>${basedir}/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>10.17.0</version>
+            <version>10.21.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>3.5.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <forkCount>${forkCount}</forkCount>
           <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>3.5.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
         <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-        <version>10.0.4</version>
+        <version>11.1.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <failBuildOnCVSS>8</failBuildOnCVSS>
           <failOnError>false</failOnError>
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.0</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>copy-dependencies</id>
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>download-licenses</id>
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
+        <version>3.11.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -481,13 +481,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.12.1</version>
+        <version>3.21.0</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <version>3.8.0</version>
       </plugin>
       
       <plugin>