diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36c014977..ae0c3932b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ target/
 .flattened-pom.xml
 .springBeans
 credentials.yml
+etc/updates.txt
diff --git a/etc/mappings.txt b/etc/mappings.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ea188107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/mappings.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+jackson-bom=Jackson
+junit=JUnit
+kotlin=Kotlin
+logback=Logback
+mockk=Mockk
+reactor-bom=Reactor
+spring=Spring Framework
diff --git a/etc/update-dependencies.sh b/etc/update-dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9c5d50bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/update-dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+mapping_file="${SCRIPT_DIR}/mappings.txt"
+mvn_output_file="${SCRIPT_DIR}/updates.txt"
+
+# Check if version type is provided
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [[ ! "$1" =~ ^(bugfix|minor|major)$ ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <bugfix|minor|major>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+milestone_extension_installed=$(gh extension list | grep "^gh milestone")
+# Check GH milestones extension installed
+if [ -z "$milestone_extension_installed" ]; then
+    echo "gh milestones extension not installed. Install via: gh extension install valeriobelli/gh-milestone."
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+# Set Maven flags based on version type
+case "$1" in
+    "bugfix")
+        update_flags="-DallowMinorUpdates=false"
+        ;;
+    "minor")
+        update_flags="-DallowMajorUpdates=false"
+        ;;
+    "major")
+        update_flags=""
+        ;;
+esac
+
+#
+# Detect target version
+#
+
+# Output local version
+localVersion=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | sed -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//")
+remoteVersions=$(gh milestone list --json title --jq ".[].title")
+
+# Match against GitHub milestones (select the last match, to make sure we use the direct next version in case of multiple milestones)
+targetVersion=$(gh milestone list --json title --jq ".[].title" | grep "^$localVersion" | tail -1)
+
+if [ -z $targetVersion ]; then
+    echo "No target version detected"
+    exit 1;
+else
+    echo "Detected target version $targetVersion."
+fi
+
+#
+# List possible updates
+#
+./mvnw versions:display-property-updates -q \
+    $update_flags \
+    -Dversions.outputFile="$mvn_output_file"
+
+matches_found=0
+
+# Process the output file with the regex
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+
+    if [[ $line =~ \$\{([[:alnum:]-]+)\.version\}[[:space:]\.]*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*)[[:space:]]\-\>[[:space:]]([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*) ]]; then
+
+        # On first match
+        if [ $matches_found -eq 0 ]; then
+
+
+            #
+            # Detect target version
+            #
+
+            # Output local version
+            localVersion=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | sed -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//")
+            remoteVersions=$(gh milestone list --json title --jq ".[].title")
+
+            # Match against GitHub milestones (select the last match, to make sure we use the direct next version in case of multiple milestones)
+            targetVersion=$(gh milestone list --json title --jq ".[].title" | grep "^$localVersion" | tail -1)
+
+            if [ -z $targetVersion ]; then
+                echo "No target version detected"
+                exit 1;
+            else
+                echo "Detected target version $targetVersion."
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        matches_found=$((matches_found + 1))
+
+        echo "Processing line: $line"
+
+        property_name="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        old_version="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+        new_version="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+        
+        # Look up the mapping directly
+        mapping=$(grep "^${property_name}=" "$mapping_file" | cut -d '=' -f2)
+        
+        if [ -n "$mapping" ]; then
+
+            creationResult=$(gh issue create \
+                --title "Upgrade ${mapping} to ${new_version}" \
+                --body "" \
+                --label "in: infrastructure,type: dependency-upgrade" \
+                --assignee "@me" \
+                --milestone "${targetVersion}")
+            
+            # Create GitHub issue and capture the issue number
+            issue_title="Upgrade ${mapping} to ${new_version}"
+            issue_number=$(echo $creationResult | grep -o '[0-9]*$')
+            
+            echo "Created GitHub issue GH-${issue_number} - ${issue_title}."
+            
+            # Update the version using Maven versions plugin
+            ./mvn versions:set-property -q \
+                -DgenerateBackupPoms=false \
+                -Dproperty=${property_name}.version \
+                -DnewVersion=${new_version}
+            
+            echo "Updated ${property_name}.version from ${old_version} to ${new_version}."
+            
+            # Commit the change with the issue number
+            git add pom.xml
+            git commit -m "GH-${issue_number} - Update ${mapping} to ${new_version}."
+            
+            # Push changes to remote
+            git push
+            
+            # Close the issue
+            gh issue close ${issue_number}
+            
+            echo "Pushed changes and closed issue GH-${issue_number}"
+            echo "---"
+        else
+            echo "Warning: No mapping found for property: $property_name"
+        fi
+    fi
+done < "$mvn_output_file"
+
+if [ $matches_found -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No version updates found for $1 updates."
+fi
+
+# Clean up temporary file
+rm "$mvn_output_file"
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