diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index aa7c51244fe..21baa9a26e6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.3.4'
-  id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.5'
-  id 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native' version '0.10.2'
-  id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' version '1.8.2'
-  id 'io.spring.javaformat' version '0.0.41'
+  id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.6'
+  id 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native' version '0.10.3'
+  id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' version '1.10.0'
+  id 'io.spring.javaformat' version '0.0.43'
   id "io.spring.nohttp" version "0.0.11"
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ repositories {
   mavenCentral()
 }
 
+ext.checkstyleVersion = "10.18.1"
+ext.springJavaformatCheckstyleVersion = "0.0.43"
 ext.webjarsFontawesomeVersion = "4.7.0"
 ext.webjarsBootstrapVersion = "5.3.3"
 
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-docker-compose'
   testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter'
   testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:mysql'
-  checkstyle 'io.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-checkstyle:0.0.41'
-  checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.16.0'
+  checkstyle "io.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-checkstyle:${springJavaformatCheckstyleVersion}"
+  checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstyleVersion}"
 }
 
 tasks.named('test') {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index aaebf7ca813..7d41b57d290 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   mysql:
-    image: mysql:8.4
+    image: mysql:9.0
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
     environment:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
     profiles:
       - mysql
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:16.3
+    image: postgres:17.0
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     environment:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 276d501f843..e327681664f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
     <webjars-bootstrap.version>5.3.3</webjars-bootstrap.version>
     <webjars-font-awesome.version>4.7.0</webjars-font-awesome.version>
 
-    <checkstyle.version>10.16.0</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>10.18.1</checkstyle.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
     <libsass.version>0.2.29</libsass.version>
     <lifecycle-mapping>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping>
-    <maven-checkstyle.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle.version>
+    <maven-checkstyle.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle.version>
     <nohttp-checkstyle.version>0.0.11</nohttp-checkstyle.version>
-    <spring-format.version>0.0.41</spring-format.version>
+    <spring-format.version>0.0.43</spring-format.version>
 
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9dea4591b24..43d6bab4956 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ A similar setup is provided for MySQL and PostgreSQL if a persistent database co
 You can start MySQL or PostgreSQL locally with whatever installer works for your OS or use docker:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -e MYSQL_USER=petclinic -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=petclinic -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -e MYSQL_DATABASE=petclinic -p 3306:3306 mysql:8.4
+docker run -e MYSQL_USER=petclinic -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=petclinic -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -e MYSQL_DATABASE=petclinic -p 3306:3306 mysql:9.0
 ```
 
 or
 
 ```bash
-docker run -e POSTGRES_USER=petclinic -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=petclinic -e POSTGRES_DB=petclinic -p 5432:5432 postgres:16.3
+docker run -e POSTGRES_USER=petclinic -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=petclinic -e POSTGRES_DB=petclinic -p 5432:5432 postgres:17.0
 ```
 
 Further documentation is provided for [MySQL](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic/blob/main/src/main/resources/db/mysql/petclinic_db_setup_mysql.txt)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java
index 08d0d712990..300ac359ff9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class MySqlIntegrationTests {
 
 	@ServiceConnection
 	@Container
-	static MySQLContainer<?> container = new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:8.4");
+	static MySQLContainer<?> container = new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:9.0");
 
 	@LocalServerPort
 	int port;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java
index 3c582d67cdf..96b71ecc515 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class MysqlTestApplication {
 	@Profile("mysql")
 	@Bean
 	static MySQLContainer<?> container() {
-		return new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:8.4");
+		return new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:9.0");
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {