diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ab41da..9f3df36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.1</version>
+      <version>1.18.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.guava/guava -->
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.minio</groupId>
       <artifactId>minio</artifactId>
-      <version>8.5.13</version>
+      <version>8.5.14</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Use this dependency in case we move to Java 11 in the future (or at least use JDK-11 in a VM).. -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/publications_retriever/util/file/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/publications_retriever/util/file/FileUtils.java
index 83460d3..6c83fbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/publications_retriever/util/file/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/publications_retriever/util/file/FileUtils.java
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ public static void handleStoreDocFileDirectory()
 		} catch (SecurityException se) {
 			logger.error(se.getMessage(), se);
 			logger.warn("There was an error creating the docFiles-storageDir! Continuing without downloading the docFiles, while creating the jsonOutput with the docUrls.");
+			ArgsUtils.shouldDownloadDocFiles = false;
 		}
 	}
-			ArgsUtils.shouldDownloadDocFiles = false;
 
 	
 	public static long getInputNumOfLines()