diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b87eba2..aa0b7af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,27 +32,27 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- settings -->
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- versions -->
-        <spring-boot.version>3.1.4</spring-boot.version>
-        <external-task-client.version>7.20.0</external-task-client.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.11</commons-lang3.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <mockito.version>4.10.0</mockito.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.3.2</spring-boot.version>
+        <external-task-client.version>7.21.0</external-task-client.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.15.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.3</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
-        <maven-release.version>3.0.1</maven-release.version>
-        <maven-source.version>3.2.1</maven-source.version>
-        <maven-compiler.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler.version>
-        <maven-surefire.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire.version>
-        <license-maven.version>4.2</license-maven.version>
-        <maven-javadoc.version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc.version>
-        <maven-gpg.version>3.1.0</maven-gpg.version>
-        <versions-maven.version>2.15.0</versions-maven.version>
-        <gitflow-maven.version>1.20.0</gitflow-maven.version>
+        <maven-release.version>3.1.1</maven-release.version>
+        <maven-source.version>3.3.1</maven-source.version>
+        <maven-compiler.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler.version>
+        <maven-surefire.version>3.3.1</maven-surefire.version>
+        <license-maven.version>4.5</license-maven.version>
+        <maven-javadoc.version>3.8.0</maven-javadoc.version>
+        <maven-gpg.version>3.2.4</maven-gpg.version>
+        <versions-maven.version>2.17.1</versions-maven.version>
+        <gitflow-maven.version>1.21.0</gitflow-maven.version>
 
     </properties>