diff --git a/auto-pipeline-examples/build.gradle.kts b/auto-pipeline-examples/build.gradle.kts
index 0a83588..6aa3655 100644
--- a/auto-pipeline-examples/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/auto-pipeline-examples/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.getKotlinPluginVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
-    val kotlinVersion = "1.9.10"
+    val kotlinVersion = "1.9.21"
     kotlin("jvm") version kotlinVersion
 }
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.13.0")
+    implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.14.0")
 
     /*
      * annotation processor dependencies
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies {
      */
     testImplementation(kotlin("test"))
     // https://kotest.io/docs/quickstart
-    val kotestVersion = "5.6.2"
+    val kotestVersion = "5.8.0"
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5-jvm:$kotestVersion")
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core-jvm:$kotestVersion")
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-property-jvm:$kotestVersion")
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ dependencies {
      */
     val kotlinVersion = project.getKotlinPluginVersion()
     implementation(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom:${kotlinVersion}"))
-    implementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.0"))
-    implementation(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.20.0"))
+    implementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.1"))
+    implementation(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.22.0"))
 }
 
 java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
diff --git a/auto-pipeline-processor/src/versions-rules.xml b/auto-pipeline-processor/src/versions-rules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3538274..0000000
--- a/auto-pipeline-processor/src/versions-rules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<ruleset comparisonMethod="maven"
-         xmlns="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0 http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/xsd/rule-2.0.0.xsd">
-
-    <!-- config example: https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues/157#issuecomment-306041074 -->
-    <ignoreVersions>
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-.]alpha([-.]?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
-        <!-- ignore like junit 4.13-beta-3, rxkotlin 2.4.0-beta.1, spotbugs-annotations 4.0.0-beta3 -->
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-.]beta([-.]?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*-eap-\d+</ignoreVersion>
-        <!-- ignore like kotlinx-coroutines-core 1.3.0-M1 -->
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-M\d+(-.*)?</ignoreVersion>
-        <!-- ignore like kotlin-stdlib 1.3.0-rc-190, scala-library 2.13.0-RC1, kotlinx-coroutines-core 1.3.0-RC -->
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*-rc(-?\d+(-.*)?)?</ignoreVersion>
-        <ignoreVersion>.*-does-not-exist</ignoreVersion>
-        <!-- ignore like kotlin-stdlib 1.3.50-dev-1896 -->
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*-dev-?\d+(-.*)?</ignoreVersion>
-        <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*(-does)?-not-exist</ignoreVersion>
-    </ignoreVersions>
-    <rules>
-        <rule groupId="org.jetbrains.kotlinx">
-            <!-- ignore native dependency version like org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.3.5-native-mt -->
-            <ignoreVersions>
-                <ignoreVersion type="regex">.*-native-.*</ignoreVersion>
-            </ignoreVersions>
-        </rule>
-    </rules>
-</ruleset>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f9ab3f..9e791e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,22 +59,22 @@
 		<!-- overridden by submodule that need skip deploy -->
 		<maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
 
-		<slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
+		<slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.22.0</log4j2.version>
 		<log4j2.slf4j.impl.aid>log4j-slf4j2-impl</log4j2.slf4j.impl.aid>
 
-		<netty.version>4.1.97.Final</netty.version>
+		<netty.version>4.1.101.Final</netty.version>
 
 		<kotlin.version>1.8.10</kotlin.version>
 		<!-- https://kotlinlang.org/docs/maven.html#specifying-compiler-options -->
 		<kotlin.compiler.apiVersion>1.5</kotlin.compiler.apiVersion>
 		<kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>${maven.compiler.source}</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
-		<dokka.version>1.9.0</dokka.version>
+		<dokka.version>1.9.10</dokka.version>
 		<dokka.link.jdk.version>8</dokka.link.jdk.version>
 
 		<!-- testing dependencies versions -->
-		<junit5.version>5.10.0</junit5.version>
-		<kotest.version>5.6.2</kotest.version>
+		<junit5.version>5.10.1</junit5.version>
+		<kotest.version>5.8.0</kotest.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<distributionManagement>
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-				<version>3.13.0</version>
+				<version>3.14.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-				<version>1.10.0</version>
+				<version>1.11.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!--
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-				<version>4.7.3</version>
+				<version>4.8.2</version>
 				<optional>true</optional>
 			</dependency>
 			<!--
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 			<plugins>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.3.1</version>
+					<version>3.3.2</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.5.0</version>
+					<version>3.6.2</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
@@ -358,12 +358,12 @@
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.1.2</version>
+					<version>3.2.2</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
 					<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>0.8.10</version>
+					<version>0.8.11</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.4.0</version>
+					<version>3.4.1</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
@@ -391,25 +391,6 @@
 					<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>1.6.13</version>
 				</plugin>
-				<plugin>
-					<!--
-						config example: https://github.com/mojohaus/versions-maven-plugin/issues/157#issuecomment-306041074
-					-->
-					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-					<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.16.0</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<!--
-							$maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory
-							Finding the root directory of a multi module maven reactor project - Stack Overflow
-							https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3084629
-						-->
-						<rulesUri>
-							file://${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/auto-pipeline-processor/src/versions-rules.xml
-						</rulesUri>
-						<generateBackupPoms>false</generateBackupPoms>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>