diff --git a/demos/pom.xml b/demos/pom.xml
index 7c883bdd..78a98647 100644
--- a/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
 
-		<kotlin.version>1.9.25</kotlin.version>
+		<kotlin.version>2.0.10</kotlin.version>
 		<kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>${maven.compiler.source}</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
 
 		<!-- overridden by submodule -->
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.3.0</version>
+					<version>3.4.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a0065f7..ec43ac45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		<!-- https://kotlinlang.org/docs/maven.html#specifying-compiler-options -->
 		<kotlin.compiler.apiVersion>1.6</kotlin.compiler.apiVersion>
 
-		<slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
+		<slf4j.version>2.0.15</slf4j.version>
 		<log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
 		<guava.version>33.2.1-jre</guava.version>
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-				<version>3.15.0</version>
+				<version>3.16.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- logging libs -->