diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 12675790..17bb6b25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up JDK 20
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
diff --git a/JavaCon/JDBC/pom.xml b/JavaCon/JDBC/pom.xml
index d4ff465b..8f7cde7c 100644
--- a/JavaCon/JDBC/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/JDBC/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>ojdbc10</artifactId>
-            <version>19.18.0.0</version>
+            <version>19.20.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/JavaCon/JavaKathy/pom.xml b/JavaCon/JavaKathy/pom.xml
index e07275b2..b623f82c 100644
--- a/JavaCon/JavaKathy/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/JavaKathy/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.reactivex.rxjava3</groupId>
             <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.6</version>
+            <version>3.1.8</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml b/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml
index f194434b..9186666b 100644
--- a/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/JsonIO/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.15.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/JavaCon/SpecialKeywords/pom.xml b/JavaCon/SpecialKeywords/pom.xml
index e800ff84..735f0c9a 100644
--- a/JavaCon/SpecialKeywords/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/SpecialKeywords/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
             <artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
-            <version>21-ea+17</version>
+            <version>22-ea+11</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/JavaCon/pom.xml b/JavaCon/pom.xml
index b7576c47..1f0912f6 100644
--- a/JavaCon/pom.xml
+++ b/JavaCon/pom.xml
@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>20</maven.compiler.source>
 
         <!-- testing -->
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.9.3</junit-jupiter.version>
-        <testng.version>7.7.1</testng.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <testng.version>7.8.0</testng.version>
         <hemcrest.version>2.2</hemcrest.version>
         <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-        <logback.version>1.4.7</logback.version>
-        <slf4j-api.version>2.0.7</slf4j-api.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>
+        <slf4j-api.version>2.0.9</slf4j-api.version>
 
-        <lombok.version>1.18.26</lombok.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.14.0</commons-io.version>
 
         <!-- reactive -->
-        <rxjava.version>3.1.6</rxjava.version>
-        <projectreactor.version>2022.0.7</projectreactor.version>
+        <rxjava.version>3.1.8</rxjava.version>
+        <projectreactor.version>2022.0.11</projectreactor.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/Playground/pom.xml b/Playground/pom.xml
index b957d8cc..232b1294 100644
--- a/Playground/pom.xml
+++ b/Playground/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.15.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.15.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
+            <version>2.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.yamlbeans</groupId>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.9.3</version>
+            <version>5.10.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>--enable-preview</argLine>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml b/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml
index afb7c75a..775ac759 100644
--- a/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/JunitBasics/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.3</version>
+            <version>1.10.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <version>3.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml b/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml
index 8509bc71..a238265e 100644
--- a/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/MutationPITesting/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pitest-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>1.13.1</version>
+                <version>1.15.0</version>
                 <!--                <configuration>-->
                 <!--                    <targetClasses>-->
                 <!--                        <param>com.saurabh.*</param>-->
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
                         <artifactId>pitest-junit5-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.1.2</version>
+                        <version>1.2.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <configuration>
diff --git a/Testing/PluralSight/pom.xml b/Testing/PluralSight/pom.xml
index 5dd6d430..89be8aa1 100644
--- a/Testing/PluralSight/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/PluralSight/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
             <artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7.1</version>
+            <version>5.8</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.9</version>
+            <version>6.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.9</version>
+            <version>6.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml b/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml
index e711d9ae..6d8e7a67 100644
--- a/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/TestContainers/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.6</version>
+        <version>3.1.4</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -51,28 +51,28 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.1</version>
+            <version>1.19.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.1</version>
+            <version>1.19.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.1</version>
+            <version>1.19.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>rabbitmq</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.1</version>
+            <version>1.19.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/Testing/pom.xml b/Testing/pom.xml
index 52478df9..80d9ee8c 100644
--- a/Testing/pom.xml
+++ b/Testing/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <junit.version.legacy>4.13.2</junit.version.legacy>
         <hemcrest.version>2.2</hemcrest.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.3.1</mockito.version>
-        <junit.version.intellij.supports>5.9.3</junit.version.intellij.supports>
+        <mockito.version>5.5.0</mockito.version>
+        <junit.version.intellij.supports>5.10.0</junit.version.intellij.supports>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle
index d74b394f..de9efb12 100644
--- a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle
+++ b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-api
-    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.9.3'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.10.0'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.quartz-scheduler/quartz
     implementation group: 'org.quartz-scheduler', name: 'quartz', version: '2.3.2'
diff --git a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index c1962a79..7f93135c 100644
Binary files a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 37aef8d3..ac72c34e 100644
--- a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradlew b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradlew
index aeb74cbb..0adc8e1a 100755
--- a/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradlew
+++ b/Tools/QuartzScheduler/gradlew
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -130,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
diff --git a/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 3c6fda8c..ac184013 100644
--- a/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Tools/aop-logging/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.2/apache-maven-3.9.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.4/apache-maven-3.9.4-bin.zip
 wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.2.0/maven-wrapper-3.2.0.jar
diff --git a/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml b/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml
index 98f7cbe4..c55fe35d 100644
--- a/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/Tools/aop-logging/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.6</version>
+        <version>3.1.4</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.saurabh</groupId>
diff --git a/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 3c6fda8c..ac184013 100644
--- a/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Tools/moustache-demo/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.2/apache-maven-3.9.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.4/apache-maven-3.9.4-bin.zip
 wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.2.0/maven-wrapper-3.2.0.jar
diff --git a/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml b/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml
index f1fe5c7b..c8af5e0e 100644
--- a/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/Tools/moustache-demo/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.6</version>
+        <version>3.1.4</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <mustache.compiler.api.version>0.9.10</mustache.compiler.api.version>
         <datafactory.version>0.8</datafactory.version>
-        <webjars.bootstrap.version>5.2.3</webjars.bootstrap.version>
+        <webjars.bootstrap.version>5.3.2</webjars.bootstrap.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.26</version>
+            <version>1.18.30</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.spullara.mustache.java</groupId>