diff --git a/opencog-neo4j/pom.xml b/opencog-neo4j/pom.xml
index 2221b17070..665f257186 100644
--- a/opencog-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/opencog-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.1</version>
+            <version>2.21.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
diff --git a/relex/pom.xml b/relex/pom.xml
index 3d22037faa..4ec2d0a9cd 100644
--- a/relex/pom.xml
+++ b/relex/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.5.19</logback.version>
+		<logback.version>1.5.25</logback.version>
 	</properties>
 	<build>
 		<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/java</sourceDirectory>