diff --git a/algorithms-modules/pom.xml b/algorithms-modules/pom.xml
index 342662ce9c..fda8eea0e7 100644
--- a/algorithms-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-modules/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <cobertura.plugin.version>2.7</cobertura.plugin.version>
         <tradukisto.version>1.0.1</tradukisto.version>
diff --git a/apache-httpclient4/pom.xml b/apache-httpclient4/pom.xml
index f4c213687e..8b2fd76f0e 100644
--- a/apache-httpclient4/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-httpclient4/pom.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- util -->
-        <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <httpasyncclient.version>4.1.5</httpasyncclient.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <wiremock.version>2.5.1</wiremock.version>
diff --git a/aws-modules/aws-miscellaneous/pom.xml b/aws-modules/aws-miscellaneous/pom.xml
index 5fdd7fa04d..b6326b6eb1 100644
--- a/aws-modules/aws-miscellaneous/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-modules/aws-miscellaneous/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <properties>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
         <dynamodblocal.version>1.21.1</dynamodblocal.version>
-        <commons-codec-version>1.10.L001</commons-codec-version>
+        <commons-codec-version>1.16.0</commons-codec-version>
         <jets3t-version>0.9.4.0006L</jets3t-version>
         <maven-plugins-version>3.1.1</maven-plugins-version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/pom.xml
index 1a59411ecb..344ec6bc41 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-lang.version>2.2</commons-lang.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
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 2b4b0041b3..b8832df357 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     <properties>
         <jmh.version>1.21</jmh.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.2</commons-lang.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
         <org.json.version>20230618</org.json.version>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/pom.xml
index 9b7be18b85..8e4740785c 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <joda-time.version>2.12.5</joda-time.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-function/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-function/pom.xml
index e8b538ad24..4110b8f6d9 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-function/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-function/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     <properties>
         <mockito-inline.version>3.8.0</mockito-inline.version>
         <assertj.version>3.22.0</assertj.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <vavr.version>0.10.4</vavr.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-functional/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-functional/pom.xml
index 4b0bf9f730..3b21dd6e8a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-functional/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-functional/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <properties>
         <mockito-inline.version>3.8.0</mockito-inline.version>
         <assertj.version>3.22.0</assertj.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <vavr.version>0.10.4</vavr.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-5/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-5/pom.xml
index 8e95fc4405..b65f061fc7 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-5/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <reflections.version>0.10.2</reflections.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml
index 34f16a9938..388e439e37 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <async-http-client.version>2.4.5</async-http-client.version>
         <jakarta.bind.version>2.3.3</jakarta.bind.version>
         <greenmail.version>2.0.0-alpha-3</greenmail.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-6/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-6/pom.xml
index 7a3b3d4426..34e53056a4 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-6/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-6/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <commons-codec>1.15</commons-codec>
-        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
+        <commons-codec>1.16.0</commons-codec>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection/pom.xml
index a836ee4a22..f77c791936 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-reflection/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
         <source.version>1.8</source.version>
         <target.version>1.8</target.version>
         <reflections.version>0.10.2</reflections.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml
index 0fc121c070..b54afc31d8 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
             <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api -->
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.60</bouncycastle.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.76</bouncycastle.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>2.3.1</jaxb-api.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-3/pom.xml
index b979b56658..dae570e51d 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-3/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
             <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api -->
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.76</bouncycastle.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>2.3.1</jaxb-api.version>
         <spring-security-crypto.version>6.0.3</spring-security-crypto.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-4/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-4/pom.xml
index 2b9809b749..a4700c34ba 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-4/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-4/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
             <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.76</bouncycastle.version>
         <cryptacular.version>1.2.6</cryptacular.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-5/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-5/pom.xml
index d7baf84d30..e217271f4c 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-5/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>12</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>12</maven.compiler.target>
         <vavr.version>0.10.2</vavr.version>
-        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
index 507e830e8a..548a3dc3f8 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache-commons-lang3.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.vdurmont</groupId>
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <validator.version>1.7</validator.version>
-        <apache-commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</apache-commons-lang3.version>
         <emoji-java.version>5.1.1</emoji-java.version>
         <apache-commons-text.version>1.10.0</apache-commons-text.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
index 383a3b4a40..27071e5427 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <properties>
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <expressly.version>5.0.0</expressly.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.14</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <spring-core.version>5.3.0</spring-core.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml
index 39167271fa..0558e71a35 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache-commons-lang3.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <spring-core.version>5.3.9</spring-core.version>
-        <apache-commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</apache-commons-lang3.version>
         <maven-artifact.version>3.6.3</maven-artifact.version>
         <gradle-core.version>6.1.1</gradle-core.version>
         <jackson-core.version>2.11.1</jackson-core.version>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-4/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-4/pom.xml
index 27c2bf91bd..b9591763a0 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-4/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-4/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache-commons-lang3.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache-commons-text.version}</version>
+            <version>${commons-text.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <opencsv.version>5.8</opencsv.version>
         <spring-core.version>5.3.13</spring-core.version>
-        <apache-commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</apache-commons-lang3.version>
-        <apache-commons-text.version>1.10.0</apache-commons-text.version>
+        <commons-text.version>1.10.0</commons-text.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-modules/docker-caching/multi-module-caching/pom.xml b/docker-modules/docker-caching/multi-module-caching/pom.xml
index 60f14a17e5..bebfb85e8a 100644
--- a/docker-modules/docker-caching/multi-module-caching/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-modules/docker-caching/multi-module-caching/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>32.1.3-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-modules/docker-caching/single-module-caching/pom.xml b/docker-modules/docker-caching/single-module-caching/pom.xml
index 0e5174b7ca..bb44c21e10 100644
--- a/docker-modules/docker-caching/single-module-caching/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-modules/docker-caching/single-module-caching/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>32.1.3-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/httpclient-simple/pom.xml b/httpclient-simple/pom.xml
index a6049432ce..8cbc1237c2 100644
--- a/httpclient-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-simple/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <wiremock.version>2.5.1</wiremock.version>
         <!-- http client & core 5 -->
diff --git a/json-modules/json-conversion/pom.xml b/json-modules/json-conversion/pom.xml
index 638216f4c5..9eebac16b4 100644
--- a/json-modules/json-conversion/pom.xml
+++ b/json-modules/json-conversion/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
-        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/libraries-security/pom.xml b/libraries-security/pom.xml
index 62c476a82c..8a6dad6da2 100644
--- a/libraries-security/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-security/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         <tink.version>1.2.2</tink.version>
         <cryptacular.version>1.2.2</cryptacular.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.2</jasypt.version>
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.58</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.68</bouncycastle.version>
         <jsch.version>0.1.55</jsch.version>
         <apache-mina.version>2.5.1</apache-mina.version>
         <spring-security-oauth2.version>2.4.0.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47c566023d..7099dd8cbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@
         <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.21.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.28</lombok.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
-        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>32.1.3-jre</guava.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/security-modules/oauth2-framework-impl/oauth2-authorization-server/pom.xml b/security-modules/oauth2-framework-impl/oauth2-authorization-server/pom.xml
index 7f13e5acea..1ebbb5e10f 100644
--- a/security-modules/oauth2-framework-impl/oauth2-authorization-server/pom.xml
+++ b/security-modules/oauth2-framework-impl/oauth2-authorization-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>${bcprov-jdk15on.version}</version>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
-            <version>${bcpkix-jdk15on.version}</version>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@
         <httpPort>9080</httpPort>
         <httpsPort>9443</httpsPort>
         <nimbus-jose-jwt.version>7.3</nimbus-jose-jwt.version>
-        <bcprov-jdk15on.version>1.62</bcprov-jdk15on.version>
-        <bcpkix-jdk15on.version>1.62</bcpkix-jdk15on.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.76</bouncycastle.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml
index 88294c7811..bcacdbbdb1 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
         <swagger2.version>2.9.2</swagger2.version>
         <resilience4j.version>1.6.1</resilience4j.version>
         <springdoc.version>1.7.0</springdoc.version>
-        <guava.version>31.0.1-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file