diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0334d6b9c4..ae3f8cc4fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
         <log4j.version>2.14.1</log4j.version>
         <graalvm.version>21.1.0</graalvm.version>
-        <netty.version>4.1.65.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.67.Final</netty.version>
         <junit.version>5.7.2</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
         <dependency> <!-- only used for some tools -->
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.0</version>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Database -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <version>5.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.23</version>
+            <version>8.0.26</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Networking -->
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.30</version>
+            <version>1.7.32</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-jar</id>