diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc84b35..8f9d48e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.16</version>
+    <version>2.7.18</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>de.digitalcollections</groupId>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.spotify.fmt</groupId>
         <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.24</version>
+        <version>2.25</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8.6.2</version>
+        <version>4.8.6.6</version>
         <dependencies>
           <!-- overwrite dependency on spotbugs if you want to specify the version of spotbugs -->
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-            <version>4.7.3</version>
+            <version>4.9.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.5.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.5</version>
+            <version>3.2.7</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>