diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 111ee8d..46cd584 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initialize minimum JDK version
     - name: Setup Java JDK
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.6.0
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.7.0
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 17
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index 6b56756..6fa82aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up OpenJDK version ...
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.6.0
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.7.0
       with:
         distribution: 'zulu' 
         java-version: ${{ matrix.jdk }}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up OpenJDK version ...
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.6.0
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4.7.0
       with:
         distribution: 'zulu' 
         java-version: ${{ env.currentBuildVersion }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yml
index 515489d..42658da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishRelease.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.7.0
         with:
           java-version: 17
           distribution: zulu
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 696bbc3..026eb7b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 plugins { 
-    id "io.freefair.lombok" version "8.12"
-    id "io.freefair.maven-publish-java" version "8.12"
+    id "io.freefair.lombok" version "8.12.2"
+    id "io.freefair.maven-publish-java" version "8.12.2"
     id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.7" 
     //id "com.github.kt3k.coveralls" version "2.8.1" 
-    id "org.owasp.dependencycheck" version "12.0.1"
+    id "org.owasp.dependencycheck" version "12.1.0"
     id "org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert" version "4.0.4"
     //id "org.ajoberstar.grgit" version "2.0.1"
     id "java"
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ plugins {
 
 ext {
     // versions of dependencies
-    springBootVersion = '3.4.2'
-    springDocVersion  = '2.8.3'
-    javersVersion     = '7.7.0'
+    springBootVersion = '3.4.3'
+    springDocVersion  = '2.8.5'
+    javersVersion     = '7.8.0'
 }
 
 description = "Core module for data repositories based on metadata model of datacite."
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if (project.hasProperty('release')) {
 
 dependencies {
     // Spring
-    implementation 'org.springframework:spring-messaging:6.2.2'
+    implementation 'org.springframework:spring-messaging:6.2.3'
     // Spring Boot
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-rest"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa"
-    implementation 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch:5.4.2'
+    implementation 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-elasticsearch:5.4.3'
 
    
     // springdoc
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ dependencies {
     // includes commons-lang3
     implementation "org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.13.0"
     implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.14'
-    implementation "org.apache.tika:tika-core:3.0.0"
+    implementation "org.apache.tika:tika-core:3.1.0"
     // javers
     implementation "org.javers:javers-spring-boot-starter-sql:${javersVersion}"
-    implementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.11.0"
+    implementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.12.1"
 
     // Database
     implementation "com.h2database:h2:2.3.232"
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     //implementation "com.monitorjbl:spring-json-view:1.0.1"
 
-    implementation "de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin-starter-client:3.4.1"
+    implementation "de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin-starter-client:3.4.4"
     // log4j core
     implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core"
     implementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b9..9bbc975 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e18bc25..37f853b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f3b75f3..faf9300 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.