diff --git a/auto-pipeline-examples/build.gradle.kts b/auto-pipeline-examples/build.gradle.kts
index 0a83588..040e948 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 = "1.9.20"
     kotlin("jvm") version kotlinVersion
 }
 
@@ -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:2.21.1"))
 }
 
 java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f9ab3f..6fe5338 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>2.21.1</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>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 			<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>4.8.1</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>
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 					-->
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.16.0</version>
+					<version>2.16.1</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<!--
 							$maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory