diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8eda5b8226e5..ff218ebaf409 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -421,12 +421,12 @@ dependencies {
     }
     implementation "io.springfox:springfox-bean-validators:3.0.0"
     implementation "com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:9.0.0"
-    implementation "org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.3"
+    implementation "org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.4"
 
     implementation "org.zalando:problem-spring-web:0.29.1"
     implementation "org.zalando:jackson-datatype-problem:0.27.1"
     implementation "com.ibm.icu:icu4j-charset:75.1"
-    implementation "com.github.seancfoley:ipaddress:5.5.0"
+    implementation "com.github.seancfoley:ipaddress:5.5.1"
     implementation "org.apache.maven:maven-model:3.9.9"
     // NOTE: 3.0.2 is broken for splitting lecture specific PDFs
     implementation "org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.1"
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.awaitility:awaitility:4.2.2"
     testImplementation "org.apache.maven.shared:maven-invoker:3.3.0"
     testImplementation "org.gradle:gradle-tooling-api:8.10"
-    testImplementation "org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-report-parser:3.4.0"
+    testImplementation "org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-report-parser:3.5.0"
     testImplementation "com.opencsv:opencsv:5.9"
     testImplementation("io.zonky.test:embedded-database-spring-test:2.5.1") {
         exclude group: "org.testcontainers", module: "mariadb"
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy") {
         version {
-            strictly "1.14.19"
+            strictly "1.15.1"
         }
     }
     // cannot update due to "Syntax error in SQL statement "WITH ids_to_delete"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cfff6f39ed14..99ad42379403 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ node_version=20.14.0
 npm_version=10.7.0
 
 # Dependency versions
-jhipster_dependencies_version=8.6.0
-spring_boot_version=3.3.2
-spring_security_version=6.3.2
+jhipster_dependencies_version=8.7.0
+spring_boot_version=3.3.3
+spring_security_version=6.3.3
 # TODO: before we upgrade to 6.5.x, we need to make sure that there are no performance issues with empty sets or lists
 hibernate_version=6.4.9.Final
 # TODO: can we update to 5.x?
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ jaxb_runtime_version=4.0.5
 # TODO: we cannot update to 5.5.0 because we currently use the CP Subsystem for fenced locks, however CP Subsystem is only available to Enterprise customers
 hazelcast_version=5.4.0
 junit_version=5.10.2
-mockito_version=5.12.0
+mockito_version=5.13.0
 fasterxml_version=2.17.2
 jgit_version=6.10.0.202406032230-r
 sshd_version=2.13.2
-checkstyle_version=10.17.0
+checkstyle_version=10.18.0
 jplag_version=5.1.0
 slf4j_version=2.0.16
 sentry_version=7.14.0
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application.yml b/src/main/resources/config/application.yml
index 8c391da0b7a9..8c66b009451c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ spring:
             thread-name-prefix: artemis-scheduling-
             pool:
                 size: 2
+    threads:
+        virtual:
+            enabled: true
     thymeleaf:
         mode: HTML
     output: