diff --git a/conf/solr/solrconfig.xml b/conf/solr/solrconfig.xml
index 34386375fe1..2115cb1f822 100644
--- a/conf/solr/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/conf/solr/solrconfig.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        that you fully re-index after changing this setting as it can
        affect both how text is indexed and queried.
   -->
-  <luceneMatchVersion>9.7</luceneMatchVersion>
+  <luceneMatchVersion>9.10</luceneMatchVersion>
 
   <!-- <lib/> directives can be used to instruct Solr to load any Jars
        identified and use them to resolve any "plugins" specified in
diff --git a/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml b/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
index 62efbf62317..ee80ca6ed1d 100644
--- a/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         <!-- Major system components and dependencies -->
         <payara.version>6.2024.6</payara.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.7.2</postgresql.version>
-        <solr.version>9.4.1</solr.version>
+        <solr.version>9.6.1</solr.version>
         <aws.version>1.12.748</aws.version>
         <google.library.version>26.30.0</google.library.version>
     
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76a8f61444f..9f0eaaa11ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
         <reload4j.version>1.2.18.4</reload4j.version>
         <flyway.version>9.22.1</flyway.version>
         <jhove.version>1.20.1</jhove.version>
-        <poi.version>5.2.1</poi.version>
-        <tika.version>2.4.1</tika.version>
+        <poi.version>5.2.5</poi.version>
+        <tika.version>2.9.2</tika.version>
         <netcdf.version>5.5.3</netcdf.version>
         
         <openapi.infoTitle>Dataverse API</openapi.infoTitle>
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.apicatalog</groupId>
           <artifactId>titanium-json-ld</artifactId>
-          <version>1.3.2</version>
+          <version>1.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.9</version>
+            <version>2.9.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Should be refactored and moved to transitive section above once on Java EE 8 (makes WAR smaller) -->
@@ -157,11 +157,9 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <!-- There are later versions of this lib available at jitpack.io,
-                 but it seemed better to not add another repo. -->
-            <groupId>org.everit.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.everit.json.schema</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.1</version>
+            <groupId>com.github.erosb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>everit-json-schema</artifactId>
+            <version>1.14.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mindrot</groupId>
@@ -319,7 +317,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
             <artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
-            <version>9.4.1</version>
+            <version>9.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>colt</groupId>
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.jai-imageio</groupId>
             <artifactId>jai-imageio-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.1</version>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ocpsoft.rewrite</groupId>
@@ -474,7 +472,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
             <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0-rc2</version>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
@@ -553,7 +551,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.1</version>
+            <version>2.10.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -615,7 +613,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlunit-assertj3</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.10.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>