diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58d804c3..b202c033 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@
     <maven.nexus-staging.plugin.version>1.6.13</maven.nexus-staging.plugin.version>
 
     <lombok.version>1.18.34</lombok.version>
-    <citrus.version>4.3.3</citrus.version>
+    <citrus.version>4.4.0</citrus.version>
 
-    <spring-boot.version>3.3.4</spring-boot.version>
-    <spring.version>6.3.4</spring.version>
+    <spring-boot.version>3.3.5</spring-boot.version>
+    <spring.version>6.3.5</spring.version>
     <testng.version>7.10.2</testng.version>
     <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
     <xerces.version>2.12.2</xerces.version>
     <xstream.version>1.4.20</xstream.version>
 
-    <!-- see https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-log4j2/3.3.0 -->
+    <!-- see https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-log4j2/3.3.5 -->
     <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
-    <!-- see https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-logging/3.3.0 -->
-    <logback.classic.version>1.5.6</logback.classic.version>
+    <!-- see https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-logging/3.3.5 -->
+    <logback.classic.version>1.5.11</logback.classic.version>
 
     <node.version>v22.4.1</node.version>
     <npm.version>10.8.1</npm.version>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
         <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-        <version>5.2.0</version>
+        <version>5.2.2</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.5.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <excludes>
               <exclude>**/*IT.java</exclude>
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.5.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
           </configuration>
diff --git a/simulator-samples/pom.xml b/simulator-samples/pom.xml
index 47e70a95..fc2db7d9 100644
--- a/simulator-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/simulator-samples/pom.xml
@@ -46,15 +46,35 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
-    <!-- Do not deploy sample modules to Maven central -->
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
+          <!-- Do not deploy sample modules to Maven central -->
           <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>surefire-testng</artifactId>
+            <version>3.5.2</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>