diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 989232bd..6e44ec4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@
     <url>https://github.com/r2dbc/r2dbc-mssql</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj.version>3.21.0</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.22.0</assertj.version>
         <blockhound.version>1.0.6.RELEASE</blockhound.version>
         <hikari-cp.version>4.0.3</hikari-cp.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
-        <junit.version>5.8.1</junit.version>
-        <jmh.version>1.32</jmh.version>
-        <mbr.version>0.2.0.RELEASE</mbr.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
-        <mockito.version>4.0.0</mockito.version>
+        <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
+        <jmh.version>1.33</jmh.version>
+        <mbr.version>0.3.0.RELEASE</mbr.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
+        <mockito.version>4.2.0</mockito.version>
         <mssql-jdbc.version>9.5.0.jre8-preview</mssql-jdbc.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -141,12 +141,6 @@
             <version>${blockhound.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.projectreactor.tools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>blockhound-junit-platform</artifactId>
-            <version>${blockhound.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.r2dbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>r2dbc-spi-test</artifactId>
@@ -239,7 +233,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
@@ -401,6 +395,22 @@
 
     <profiles>
 
+        <profile>
+            <id>java18-blockhound</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+            </activation>
+
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.projectreactor.tools</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>blockhound-junit-platform</artifactId>
+                    <version>${blockhound.version}</version>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </profile>
+
         <profile>
             <id>jmh</id>
             <dependencies>
@@ -428,7 +438,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.0</version>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>add-source</id>
@@ -578,13 +588,4 @@
 
     </profiles>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <name>Sonatype OSS Snapshot Repository</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-
 </project>