diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99723723..92ddc6c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Trying to follow the suggestions at [Keep a Change Log](http://keepachangelog.co
 - implementation of database using Jackson via @giusvale-dev
 - enhancement of KeyFile support via @giusvale-dev
 
+## Changed
+
+- Updated dependencies (leave jaxb and guava as is)
+
 ## [2.2.1] 2023-08-21
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/database/pom.xml b/database/pom.xml
index 67b6015d..4cc80fa2 100644
--- a/database/pom.xml
+++ b/database/pom.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>24.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>33.2.1-android</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
diff --git a/jackson/pom.xml b/jackson/pom.xml
index 0f1d8021..f4d9fbc5 100644
--- a/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.5.0</version>
+      <version>7.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.linguafranca.pwdb</groupId>
diff --git a/jaxb/pom.xml b/jaxb/pom.xml
index fbe8e56a..271fea28 100644
--- a/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.3</version>
+            <version>2.3.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.linguafranca.pwdb</groupId>
diff --git a/kdb/pom.xml b/kdb/pom.xml
index 611a3231..b6a0e660 100644
--- a/kdb/pom.xml
+++ b/kdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+			<version>24.1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.linguafranca.pwdb</groupId>
             <artifactId>test</artifactId>
diff --git a/kdbx/pom.xml b/kdbx/pom.xml
index c642ea8d..5709bed0 100644
--- a/kdbx/pom.xml
+++ b/kdbx/pom.xml
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+			<version>1.17.0</version>
+		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+			<version>24.1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.linguafranca.pwdb</groupId>
             <artifactId>test</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6f03e3a..e7a898ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
-                <version>1.76</version>
+                <version>1.78.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3.7</version>
+                <version>1.3.14</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
diff --git a/simple/pom.xml b/simple/pom.xml
index 4fbe068d..323f4024 100644
--- a/simple/pom.xml
+++ b/simple/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.15</version>
+            <version>4.4.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>