diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae0b0d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: maven
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 818bc761..04e9da02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.4.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.0</version>
+                    <version>3.7.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -248,17 +248,17 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.2</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -268,17 +268,17 @@
                 <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.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>
                         <!-- remove this once Foreign Function & Memory API is out of preview-->
@@ -288,17 +288,17 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.1</version>
+                    <version>3.1.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                    <version>3.2.4</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.3</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@
     <properties>
         <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
         <junit.pioneer.version>2.2.0</junit.pioneer.version>
-        <archunit.version>1.2.1</archunit.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
-        <commons.lang.version>3.14.0</commons.lang.version>
+        <archunit.version>1.3.0</archunit.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
+        <commons.lang.version>3.15.0</commons.lang.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.16.1</commons.io.version>
         <mockito.version>5.11.0</mockito.version>
         <tinylog.version>2.7.0</tinylog.version>