diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6fd3e2e..406e9cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
         <tweetnacl.version>1.1.2</tweetnacl.version>
         <json.version>20220924</json.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
-        <junit.version>5.9.1</junit.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.3</slf4j.version>
+        <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -115,47 +115,47 @@
                 <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <includeEmptyDirs>false</includeEmptyDirs>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.8.1</version>
+                    <version>3.10.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.9.1</version>
+                    <version>3.12.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.1</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>17</source>
                     <target>17</target>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
+                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-engine -->
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
                         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-                        <version>5.7.0</version>
+                        <version>5.9.2</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>