diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
index 8fc5062ac0..07e7356eba 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,5 @@
     <properties>
         <jmh.version>1.21</jmh.version>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
-        <org.json.version>20230618</org.json.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml
index 6d10115d31..421c18d832 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20230227</version>
+            <version>${org.json.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-conversions-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-conversions-2/pom.xml
index 9be165eaff..2d72e2a6f0 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>${json.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.json.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     <properties>
         <source.version>11</source.version>
         <target.version>11</target.version>
-        <json.version>20200518</json.version>
         <opencsv.version>5.8</opencsv.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml
index c676827427..2ce005290e 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.core.version>6.4.2.Final</hibernate.core.version>
-        <json-path.version>5.3.2</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>5.4.0</json-path.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
index 3d26d51a6a..79a2ca4b83 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <org.json.version>20240303</org.json.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
index 59d7d3d197..158b5b189a 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
-        <json-path.version>5.3.2</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>5.4.0</json-path.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.5.0</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml
index 457045b460..d87d4334f3 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mockserver-netty.version>5.13.2</mockserver-netty.version>
-        <json.version>20220320</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-core/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-core/pom.xml
index 4eccd4d8f8..9fd0cc4ac4 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-core/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- testing -->
-        <rest-assured.version>3.1.1</rest-assured.version>
+        <rest-assured.version>5.4.0</rest-assured.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml b/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml
index 763a275290..47102b834b 100644
--- a/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml
+++ b/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.9.0</json-path.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/json-modules/pom.xml b/json-modules/pom.xml
index 7ac6ba19ad..63d52ea4fa 100644
--- a/json-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/json-modules/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <json.version>20230618</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
index fbd180c74d..376e75786e 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <json.version>20180130</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
         <logback.contrib.version>0.1.5</logback.contrib.version>
         <docx4j.version>3.3.5</docx4j.version>
         <angus.mail.version>2.0.1</angus.mail.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
index dea261adca..d785bc0452 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <oracle.driver.version>10.2.0.4.0</oracle.driver.version>
         <mysql.driver.version>8.2.0</mysql.driver.version>
         <jooq.version>3.11.11</jooq.version>
-        <json.version>20220320</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
         <microstream.storage.version>07.00.00-MS-GA</microstream.storage.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
         <spring-jdbc.version>5.3.29</spring-jdbc.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-auth0/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-auth0/pom.xml
index 8ee59eeac1..ba21a899f9 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-auth0/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-auth0/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <json.version>20190722</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
         <mvc-auth-commons.version>1.2.0</mvc-auth-commons.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
index 32cf3c9e9f..f79671ae63 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         <rome.version>1.9.0</rome.version>
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
         <scribejava.version>5.1.0</scribejava.version>
-        <json.version>20180130</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
         <javax.mail.version>1.6.1</javax.mail.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.5.6</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
index fe36bed5b4..cac49da5c0 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.9.0</json-path.version>
         <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.5</jaxb-runtime.version>
         <jakarta.servlet.jsp.jstl>2.0.0</jakarta.servlet.jsp.jstl>
         <io.rest-assured.version>3.0.0</io.rest-assured.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index e7c66ac0ee..30bf3327e6 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
         <jakarta.el.version>5.0.0-M1</jakarta.el.version>
         <jakarta.version>6.1.0-M1</jakarta.version>
         <jakarta-servlet-api.version>4.0.0-M1</jakarta-servlet-api.version>
-        <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.9.0</json-path.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringMVCApplication</start-class>
         <jakarta-servlet-jstl-version>3.0.0</jakarta-servlet-jstl-version>
         <rest.assured.version>5.4.0</rest.assured.version>
diff --git a/xml-2/pom.xml b/xml-2/pom.xml
index 12240c2c99..e8c4079f59 100644
--- a/xml-2/pom.xml
+++ b/xml-2/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <dom4j.version>2.1.3</dom4j.version>
-        <json.version>20230227</json.version>
+        <json.version>20240303</json.version>
         <underscore.version>1.89</underscore.version>
         <xstream.version>1.4.18</xstream.version>
         <jaxb.version>2.3.3</jaxb.version>