diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7d2ff9167..878d74bc96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ RELEASING:
 ## [unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- updated dependencies: spring, swagger, geotools etc. ([#1827](https://github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice/pull/1827))
 ### Changed
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
diff --git a/ors-api/pom.xml b/ors-api/pom.xml
index c5429e14b5..cb4acdb19a 100644
--- a/ors-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ors-api/pom.xml
@@ -141,13 +141,6 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -159,53 +152,16 @@
             <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: find out why this fails
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-            <version>10.1.16</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
@@ -240,20 +196,6 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- The following dependency is needed for the Spring Boot Actuator and validates beans -->
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/ors-engine/pom.xml b/ors-engine/pom.xml
index 0dbace77d1..b5a0e9b75f 100644
--- a/ors-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/ors-engine/pom.xml
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <jupiter.version>5.9.3</jupiter.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
@@ -80,43 +76,16 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
             <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
             <artifactId>gt-main</artifactId>
@@ -179,14 +148,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <type>pom</type>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
@@ -225,7 +186,7 @@
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
             <version>${jupiter.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -264,79 +225,15 @@
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.jqwik</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jqwik</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency> -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.jqwik</groupId>
             <artifactId>jqwik-api</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
-            <artifactId>micrometer-registry-prometheus</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-        </dependency>-->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- TODO: remove this if nothing breaks
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44671c3f0c..9afb07c06e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.11</version>
+        <version>3.3.2</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -46,26 +46,27 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</project.timestamp>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'</maven.build.timestamp.format>
-        <springdoc-openapi-starter.version>2.1.0</springdoc-openapi-starter.version>
-        <swagger-parser.version>2.1.16</swagger-parser.version>
-        <snakeyaml.version>2.0</snakeyaml.version>
-        <geotools.version>29.1</geotools.version>
+        <springdoc-openapi-starter.version>2.6.0</springdoc-openapi-starter.version>
+        <swagger-parser.version>2.1.22</swagger-parser.version>
+        <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
+        <geotools.version>29.6</geotools.version>
         <!-- switch graphhopper versions to enable debugging -->
         <graphhopper.version>v4.9.1</graphhopper.version>
         <!--graphhopper.version>v4.9-SNAPSHOT</graphhopper.version-->
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
-        <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.14.2</fasterxml.jackson.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.17.2</fasterxml.jackson.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.16.1</commons-io.version>
         <typesafe-config.version>1.4.1</typesafe-config.version>
         <jts.version>1.19.0</jts.version>
-        <org-json.version>20231013</org-json.version>
-        <postgresql.version>42.7.2</postgresql.version>
+        <org-json.version>20240303</org-json.version>
+        <postgresql.version>42.7.3</postgresql.version>
         <progressbar.version>0.10.0</progressbar.version>
-        <jline.version>3.25.0</jline.version>
-        <jqwik.version>1.6.5</jqwik.version>
+        <jline.version>3.26.3</jline.version>
+        <jqwik.version>1.9.0</jqwik.version>
         <json-simple.version>1.1.1</json-simple.version>
-        <swagger-core.version>2.2.14</swagger-core.version>
+        <jupiter.version>5.10.3</jupiter.version>
+        <swagger-core.version>2.2.22</swagger-core.version>
         <sonar.projectKey>GIScience_openrouteservice</sonar.projectKey>
         <sonar.moduleKey>${project.artifactId}</sonar.moduleKey>
         <sonar.organization>giscience</sonar.organization>