diff --git a/adapters/adapters-base/build.gradle b/adapters/adapters-base/build.gradle
index 5ff2fb1dd..d928c799f 100644
--- a/adapters/adapters-base/build.gradle
+++ b/adapters/adapters-base/build.gradle
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ dependencies {
     api(project(":server-common"))
 
     api("com.google.guava:guava:${project.rootProject.guavaVersion}")
-    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
-    compileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3')
+    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
+    compileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${project.slf4jVersion}")
 
-    testImplementation('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3')
+    testImplementation('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${project.junitVersion}"
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:${project.junitVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2"
+    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${project.junitVersion}"
 
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0')
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.10.0')
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:5.2.0')
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.2.0')
 }
 
 spotbugsTest.enabled = false
diff --git a/adapters/adapters-cassandra41/build.gradle b/adapters/adapters-cassandra41/build.gradle
index 8f4f44f60..874e9a299 100644
--- a/adapters/adapters-cassandra41/build.gradle
+++ b/adapters/adapters-cassandra41/build.gradle
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ dependencies {
     api(project(":server-common"))
     api(project(":adapters:adapters-base"))
 
-    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
-    compileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3')
+    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
+    compileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${project.slf4jVersion}")
 }
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2f4d36679..851527394 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         // findBugs needs a newer version of Guava in the buildscript.
         // otherwise it throws an exception
-        classpath "com.google.guava:guava:28.2-jre"
+        classpath "com.google.guava:guava:33.5.0-jre"
     }
 }
 
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ plugins {
     id 'signing'
 
     // since we're using a specific version here, we delay applying the plugin till the all projects
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "6.0.20" apply false
+    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "6.4.5" apply false
 
     // Help resolve dependency conflicts between jib and ospackage
     // See: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/jib/issues/4235#issuecomment-2088829367
-    id('com.google.cloud.tools.jib') version '3.4.4' apply false
+    id('com.google.cloud.tools.jib') version '3.4.5' apply false
 
     // https://github.com/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/wiki
-    id "com.netflix.nebula.ospackage" version "11.10.0"
-    id 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage-application' version "11.10.0"
-    id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '3.3.2'
+    id "com.netflix.nebula.ospackage" version "12.1.1"
+    id 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage-application' version "12.1.1"
+    id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '4.0.5'
 
     // Release Audit Tool (RAT) plugin for checking project licenses
-    id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.8.0"
+    id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.8.1"
 
     id 'jacoco'
 }
diff --git a/client-common/build.gradle b/client-common/build.gradle
index 224b5cf6f..2de8f8562 100644
--- a/client-common/build.gradle
+++ b/client-common/build.gradle
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ test {
 dependencies {
     compileOnly(group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: "${project.slf4jVersion}")
     compileOnly(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${project.jacksonVersion}")
-    compileOnly(group: 'org.jetbrains', name: 'annotations', version: '23.0.0')
+    compileOnly(group: 'org.jetbrains', name: 'annotations', version: '26.0.2-1')
     compileOnly(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: "${project.nettyVersion}")
     compileOnly(group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: "${project.guavaVersion}")
 
     testImplementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${project.jacksonVersion}")
     testImplementation("com.google.guava:guava:${project.guavaVersion}")
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.10.0')
-    testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.2.0')
+    testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${project.junitVersion}")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:${project.junitVersion}")
     testImplementation(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: "${project.nettyVersion}")
diff --git a/client/build.gradle b/client/build.gradle
index 28807248f..080a8b886 100644
--- a/client/build.gradle
+++ b/client/build.gradle
@@ -67,22 +67,22 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${project.jacksonVersion}")
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${project.slf4jVersion}")
 
-    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
+    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
     compileOnly(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: "${project.nettyVersion}")
 
-    testImplementation(platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.2'))
+    testImplementation(platform('org.junit:junit-bom:6.0.1'))
     testImplementation('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter')
-    testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0')
-    testImplementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:4.10.0')
+    testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6")
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:5.20.0')
+    testImplementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:5.3.0')
     testImplementation(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: "${project.nettyVersion}")
 
     testFixturesImplementation(testFixtures(project(":client-common")))
-    testFixturesImplementation(platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.2'))
+    testFixturesImplementation(platform('org.junit:junit-bom:6.0.1'))
     testFixturesImplementation('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter')
-    testFixturesImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
-    testFixturesImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0')
-    testFixturesImplementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:4.10.0')
+    testFixturesImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6")
+    testFixturesImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:5.20.0')
+    testFixturesImplementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:5.3.0')
     testFixturesImplementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "${project.jacksonVersion}")
     testFixturesCompileOnly(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: "${project.nettyVersion}")
 }
diff --git a/integration-framework/build.gradle b/integration-framework/build.gradle
index 5edf49ea9..838e83e55 100644
--- a/integration-framework/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-framework/build.gradle
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@ dependencies {
     api("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${project.junitVersion}")
 
     api("org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine:${junitVersion}")
-    api('org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.10.0')
+    api('org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.2.0')
     api("org.assertj:assertj-core:${assertjCoreVersion}")
 
-    api('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.5')
+    api('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     implementation("com.google.inject:guice:${guiceVersion}")
 
-    implementation("com.google.guava:guava:27.0.1-jre")
+    implementation("com.google.guava:guava:33.5.0-jre")
     api("io.vertx:vertx-web:${project.vertxVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
     }
     implementation("io.vertx:vertx-web-client:${project.vertxVersion}")
-    implementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: '2.14.3')
+    implementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: '2.20')
 
     api(testFixtures(project(path: ":test-common")))
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/build.gradle b/integration-tests/build.gradle
index 07d1c8e7d..3b2b7b980 100644
--- a/integration-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/build.gradle
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ dependencies {
     integrationTestImplementation("com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:${project.caffeineVersion}")
     integrationTestImplementation("io.vertx:vertx-web-client:${project.vertxVersion}")
 
-    integrationTestImplementation(group: 'net.java.dev.jna', name: 'jna', version: '5.9.0')
+    integrationTestImplementation(group: 'net.java.dev.jna', name: 'jna', version: '5.18.1')
     integrationTestImplementation(project(path: ":integration-framework"))
     integrationTestImplementation("com.google.inject:guice:${guiceVersion}")
-    testRuntimeOnly 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.14.2'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.20'
 
     integrationTestCompileOnly(group: 'com.intellij', name: 'annotations', version: '12.0')
 }
diff --git a/server-common/build.gradle b/server-common/build.gradle
index 812f5c7f2..400d8d722 100644
--- a/server-common/build.gradle
+++ b/server-common/build.gradle
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ test {
 dependencies {
     api(project(":client-common"))
 
-    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
-    compileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3')
+    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
+    compileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${project.slf4jVersion}")
 
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${project.junitVersion}"
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:${project.junitVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.10.0"
-    testImplementation "com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3"
+    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6"
+    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.2.0"
+    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.2.0"
+    testImplementation "com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${project.junitVersion}"
 
-    testFixturesImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
+    testFixturesImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6")
 }
 
 compileTestJava {
diff --git a/server/build.gradle b/server/build.gradle
index 483b517ae..156e4ba5b 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle
+++ b/server/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ plugins {
     // and is published
     id('maven-publish')
     // and produces a docker image
-    id('com.google.cloud.tools.jib') version '3.4.4'
+    id('com.google.cloud.tools.jib') version '3.4.5'
     // and generates an openAPI specification
     id('io.smallrye.openapi') version "${smallryeOpenApiVersion}"
 }
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
-    testCompileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
-    integrationTestCompileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
+    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
+    testCompileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
+    integrationTestCompileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
 
     implementation("io.vertx:vertx-web:${project.vertxVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("io.vertx:vertx-auth-jwt:$vertxVersion")
     implementation("io.vertx:vertx-auth-oauth2:$vertxVersion")
 
-    implementation('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3')
+    implementation('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     implementation("com.google.inject:guice:${guiceVersion}")
     implementation("com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:${caffeineVersion}")
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:${project.logbackVersion}")
 
 
-    implementation(group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.13.0')
+    implementation(group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.19.0')
     implementation(group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: "${project.commonsCodecVersion}")
 
     // Jackson for yaml-based configuration parsing
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-tcnative-boringssl-static', version: "${project.boringSslVersion}", classifier: 'osx-x86_64')
 
     // DataHub client is used to convert and report Cassandra schema on a periodic basis
-    implementation(group: 'io.acryl', name: 'datahub-client', version: '0.15.0-3')
+    implementation(group: 'io.acryl', name: 'datahub-client', version: '15.0.4')
     
     // OpenAPI support
     implementation("org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi:microprofile-openapi-api:${project.microprofileOpenApiVersion}")
@@ -149,19 +149,19 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${project.junitVersion}"
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:${project.junitVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2"
+    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6"
     testImplementation "org.quicktheories:quicktheories:0.26"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${project.junitVersion}"
 
-    testImplementation('com.google.guava:guava-testlib:32.0.0-jre') {
+    testImplementation('com.google.guava:guava-testlib:33.5.0-jre') {
         exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
     }
 
-    testImplementation('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3:tests')
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0')
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.10.0')
+    testImplementation('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0:tests')
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:5.2.0')
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.2.0')
     testImplementation("io.vertx:vertx-junit5:${project.vertxVersion}")
-    testImplementation("com.auth0:java-jwt:4.4.0")
+    testImplementation("com.auth0:java-jwt:4.5.0")
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":client-common")))
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":server-common")))
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":test-common")))
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ dependencies {
     testFixturesApi(testFixtures(project(":vertx-auth-mtls")))
     testFixturesImplementation("io.vertx:vertx-junit5:${project.vertxVersion}")
     testFixturesImplementation("com.google.inject:guice:${guiceVersion}")
-    testFixturesImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0')
+    testFixturesImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:5.2.0')
     testFixturesImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${project.junitVersion}")
     testFixturesImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:${project.junitVersion}")
-    testFixturesImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
+    testFixturesImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6")
     testFixturesImplementation("io.vertx:vertx-web:${project.vertxVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
     }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Needed for snapshot manifest validation
     integrationTestImplementation(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype', name: 'jackson-datatype-jsr310', version: "${project.jacksonVersion}")
 
-    containerTestImplementation('com.adobe.testing:s3mock-testcontainers:2.17.0') // 3.x version do not support java 11
+    containerTestImplementation('com.adobe.testing:s3mock-testcontainers:4.10.0') // 3.x version do not support java 11
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/test-common/build.gradle b/test-common/build.gradle
index 2ba2e6229..75b333f45 100644
--- a/test-common/build.gradle
+++ b/test-common/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
     testFixturesCompileOnly(group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-core', version: "${project.vertxVersion}")
     testFixturesCompileOnly(group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: "${project.guavaVersion}")
 
-    testFixturesCompileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:3.11.3')
+    testFixturesCompileOnly('com.datastax.cassandra:cassandra-driver-core:4.0.0')
     testFixturesCompileOnly(group: 'com.intellij', name: 'annotations', version: '12.0')
     testFixturesApi("org.assertj:assertj-core:${assertjCoreVersion}")
 
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ dependencies {
     // classpath while running integration tests. Instead, a dedicated classloader will load the
     // dtest jar while provisioning the in-jvm dtest Cassandra cluster
     testFixturesCompileOnly(files("${dtestJarFullPath}"))
-    testFixturesApi("org.apache.cassandra:dtest-api:0.0.16")
+    testFixturesApi("org.apache.cassandra:dtest-api:0.0.18")
     // required by in-jvm-dtest class loader, specifically for dtest-4.0.*
-    testFixturesImplementation('org.javassist:javassist:3.28.0-GA')
+    testFixturesImplementation('org.javassist:javassist:3.30.2-GA')
 
     // Bouncycastle dependencies for test certificate provisioning
-    testFixturesImplementation(group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcprov-jdk18on', version: '1.78')
-    testFixturesImplementation(group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcpkix-jdk18on', version: '1.78')
+    testFixturesImplementation(group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcprov-jdk18on', version: '1.82')
+    testFixturesImplementation(group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcpkix-jdk18on', version: '1.82')
 }
diff --git a/vertx-auth-mtls/build.gradle b/vertx-auth-mtls/build.gradle
index ef0476346..f79d17949 100644
--- a/vertx-auth-mtls/build.gradle
+++ b/vertx-auth-mtls/build.gradle
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-auth-common', version: "$vertxVersion")
     implementation(group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-junit5', version: "$vertxVersion")
     implementation(group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-codegen', version: "$vertxVersion")
-    testImplementation(group: 'org.assertj', name: 'assertj-core', version: '3.26.3')
-    testImplementation(group: 'org.mockito', name: 'mockito-core', version: '4.11.0')
-    testFixturesApi(group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcpkix-jdk18on', version: '1.78.1')
+    testImplementation(group: 'org.assertj', name: 'assertj-core', version: '3.27.6')
+    testImplementation(group: 'org.mockito', name: 'mockito-core', version: '5.20.0')
+    testFixturesApi(group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcpkix-jdk18on', version: '1.82')
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(path: ":test-common")))
 }
 
diff --git a/vertx-client-shaded/build.gradle b/vertx-client-shaded/build.gradle
index 4dd749091..16bf74617 100644
--- a/vertx-client-shaded/build.gradle
+++ b/vertx-client-shaded/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 plugins {
     id('java-library')
     id('maven-publish')
-    id('com.gradleup.shadow') version '8.3.0'
+    id('com.gradleup.shadow') version '9.2.2'
 }
 
 version project.version
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     shadow(group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: "${project.slf4jVersion}")
     api(project(':vertx-client'))
 
-    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.1'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:6.0.1'
     testImplementation(project(path: ':vertx-client-shaded', configuration: 'shadow'))
 }
 
diff --git a/vertx-client/build.gradle b/vertx-client/build.gradle
index 8b141fcf4..339eb6e04 100644
--- a/vertx-client/build.gradle
+++ b/vertx-client/build.gradle
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-tcnative-boringssl-static', version: "${project.boringSslVersion}", classifier: 'osx-x86_64')
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${project.slf4jVersion}")
 
-    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0')
+    compileOnly('org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1')
 
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(':client')))
 
     testImplementation("io.vertx:vertx-junit5:${project.vertxVersion}")
-    testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
+    testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${project.junitVersion}")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:${project.junitVersion}")
-    testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:4.10.0")
-    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.10.0')
+    testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:5.3.0")
+    testImplementation('org.mockito:mockito-core:5.20.0')
 
     // logging dependencies for tests
-    testImplementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.20.0")
-    testImplementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.20.0")
-    testImplementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.20.0")
+    testImplementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.25.2")
+    testImplementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.2")
+    testImplementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.25.2")
 }
 
 spotbugsTest.enabled = false