diff --git a/load-generator/build.gradle b/load-generator/build.gradle
index db3826067..6efc7b6be 100644
--- a/load-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/load-generator/build.gradle
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ dependencies {
     // This dependency is used by the application.
     implementation "com.google.guava:guava:32.1.3-jre"
 
-    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-bom:1.59.0"
-    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-api:1.59.0"
+    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-bom:1.59.1"
+    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-api:1.59.1"
 
-    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.59.0"
+    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.59.1"
 
     implementation platform("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:1.32.0")
     implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api"
diff --git a/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle b/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle
index 469891720..0a6b16c00 100644
--- a/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle
+++ b/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ application {
 dependencies {
     implementation "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.4"
     implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0"
-    implementation "software.amazon.awssdk:s3:2.21.27"
-    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-api:1.59.0"
-    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.59.0"
+    implementation "software.amazon.awssdk:s3:2.21.38"
+    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-api:1.59.1"
+    implementation "io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.59.1"
     implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9"
 
     implementation project(":trace-java-client")
diff --git a/trace-java-client/build.gradle b/trace-java-client/build.gradle
index d447f1042..91f25d10e 100644
--- a/trace-java-client/build.gradle
+++ b/trace-java-client/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1'
     implementation group: 'io.opentracing.brave', name: 'brave-opentracing', version: '1.0.0'
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.13.0'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.14.0'
     implementation group: 'io.jaegertracing', name: 'jaeger-core', version: '1.8.1'
     implementation group: 'io.jaegertracing', name: 'jaeger-thrift', version: '1.8.1'
     implementation group: 'io.zipkin.zipkin2', name: 'zipkin', version: '2.24.3'
diff --git a/validator/build.gradle b/validator/build.gradle
index 9a7caacb7..36eddd39f 100644
--- a/validator/build.gradle
+++ b/validator/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 
   // lombok
   id "io.freefair.lombok" version "8.4"
-  id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "6.22.0"
+  id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "6.23.3"
 
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation group: 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java', name: 'compiler', version: '0.9.11'
 
   // apache io utils
-  implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.15.0'
+  implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.15.1'
 
   // yaml reader
   implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.16.0'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly 'info.picocli:picocli-codegen:4.7.5'
 
   // aws sdk
-  implementation platform('com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-bom:1.12.593')
+  implementation platform('com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-bom:1.12.605')
   implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-s3'
   implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-cloudwatch'
   implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-xray'
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly 'info.picocli:picocli-codegen:4.7.5'
 
   // mockito
-  testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.7.0"
+  testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.8.0"
 
   // k8s client
   implementation "io.kubernetes:client-java-extended:19.0.0"