diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
index b3b303df15..d97430f09e 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
         <jmh-generator-annprocess.version>1.19</jmh-generator-annprocess.version>
         <async-http-client.version>2.4.5</async-http-client.version>
         <!-- Mime Type Libraries -->
-        <tika.version>1.22</tika.version>
+        <tika.version>1.26</tika.version>
         <jmime-magic.version>0.1.5</jmime-magic.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
index b80536d4e8..7eef65b48c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <properties>
         <activejdbc.version>2.0</activejdbc.version>
         <environments>development.test,development</environments>
-        <mysql.connector.version>8.0.16</mysql.connector.version>
+        <mysql.connector.version>8.0.24</mysql.connector.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 17532d77a3..899acb90ff 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.12.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.16</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.0.24</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
         <openjdk-jmh.version>1.21</openjdk-jmh.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7eda26a7e4..aa62148453 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
+            <version>4.13.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>