diff --git a/javaparser-core-testing/pom.xml b/javaparser-core-testing/pom.xml
index 4eeaa21a72..21172e6cf7 100644
--- a/javaparser-core-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/javaparser-core-testing/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.25.3</version>
+			<version>3.26.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/jmlparser-jml-tests/pom.xml b/jmlparser-jml-tests/pom.xml
index 61a6ac454c..09dc26c247 100644
--- a/jmlparser-jml-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/jmlparser-jml-tests/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.25.3</version>
+			<version>3.26.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71eda3ca76..9447f995c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 			${project.basedir}/jmlparser-jml-tests/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,
 			${project.basedir}/javaparser-core-testing-bdd/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,
 		</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
-		<byte-buddy.version>1.14.14</byte-buddy.version>
+		<byte-buddy.version>1.14.17</byte-buddy.version>
         <argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/net/bytebuddy/byte-buddy-agent/${byte-buddy.version}/byte-buddy-agent-${byte-buddy.version}.jar</argLine>
 		<build.timestamp>2024-04-04T00:00:00Z</build.timestamp>
         <!-- Maven Plugins -->
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 					<!-- TODO: Consider switching to using `mvn versions:set` and org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin -->
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.0.1</version>
+					<version>3.1.0</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<!-- When updating versions during release, synchronise versions of sub-modules with the parent-pom. -->
 						<autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.3</version>
+                    <version>3.7.0</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<source>${java.version}</source>
 						<additionalOptions>
@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.2.5</version>
+					<version>3.3.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.2.0</version>
+					<version>3.3.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.0</version>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-	                <version>3.6.1</version>
+	                <version>3.7.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-	                <version>3.3.1</version>
+	                <version>3.4.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <configLocation>dev-files/JavaParser-CheckStyle.xml</configLocation>
                         <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-	                        <version>10.16.0</version>
+	                        <version>10.17.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 				<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-				<version>33.2.0-jre</version>
+				<version>33.2.1-jre</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>junit</groupId>