diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7f943dc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+version: 2
+# Add Maven Central explicitly to work around:
+#   https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/8329
+registries:
+  maven-central:
+    type: maven-repository
+    url: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2
+
+updates:
+  # Dependencies for Maven
+  - package-ecosystem: 'maven'
+    directory: '/'
+    schedule:
+      interval: 'daily'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 50
+    registries:
+      - maven-central
+
+  # Dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
+    directory: '/'
+    schedule:
+      interval: 'daily'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6734fcd0d2..dc1f2a877e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
-    <version>24</version>
+    <version>31</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.shirp</groupId>
@@ -28,24 +28,18 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <asm.version>9.6</asm.version>
+    <groovy.version>3.0.20</groovy.version>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>1631003912</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>11</source>
-          <target>11</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>validate</id>
@@ -66,7 +60,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jbake</groupId>
         <artifactId>jbake-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.0-rc.6</version>
+        <version>2.7.0-rc.7</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>process-classes</phase>
@@ -80,37 +74,87 @@
           <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/website</outputDirectory>
         </configuration>
         <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jbake</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jbake-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.0-rc.6</version>
-          </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
             <artifactId>asciidoctorj</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.2</version>
+            <version>2.5.11</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
             <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.31</version>
+            <version>2.3.32</version>
           </dependency>
           <!-- markdown support -->
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.vladsch.flexmark</groupId>
             <artifactId>flexmark</artifactId>
-            <version>0.62.2</version>
+            <version>0.64.8</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.vladsch.flexmark</groupId>
             <artifactId>flexmark-profile-pegdown</artifactId>
-            <version>0.62.2</version>
+            <version>0.64.8</version>
           </dependency>
           <!-- freemarker .data support. -->
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+            <version>${asm.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+            <version>${asm.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-analysis</artifactId>
+            <version>${asm.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-tree</artifactId>
+            <version>${asm.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm-util</artifactId>
+            <version>${asm.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+            <version>3.30.2-GA</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.jnr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jnr-posix</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.18</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+            <version>${groovy.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-templates</artifactId>
+            <version>${groovy.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+            <version>${groovy.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-dateutil</artifactId>
+            <version>${groovy.version}</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>