diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e24c406..b965ec1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@
 		<junit.version>6.0.1</junit.version>
 		<!-- logging dependencies -->
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
 		<!-- other deoendencies -->
 		<jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>
 		<jersey.version>4.0.0</jersey.version>
-		<jetty.version>12.1.4</jetty.version>
-		<poi.version>5.5.0</poi.version>
+		<jetty.version>12.1.5</jetty.version>
+		<poi.version>5.5.1</poi.version>
 		<!-- org.apache.maven.plugins -->
 		<maven-antrun-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
-		<maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
+		<maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
 		<maven-clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
@@ -58,22 +58,22 @@
 		<maven-ear-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-ear-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
 		<maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-install-plugin.version>
-		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
 		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 		<maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
-		<maven-release-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-release-plugin.version>
-		<maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
+		<maven-release-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
+		<maven-resources-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<maven-shade-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-shade-plugin.version>
 		<maven-site-plugin.version>3.21.0</maven-site-plugin.version>
-		<maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
+		<maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-reports-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-reports-plugin.version>
-		<maven-war-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-war-plugin.version>
+		<maven-war-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-war-plugin.version>
 		<!-- org.codehaus.mojo plugins -->
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>3.6.2</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 		<license-maven-plugin.version>2.7.0</license-maven-plugin.version>
 		<tidy-maven-plugin.version>1.4.0</tidy-maven-plugin.version>
-		<versions-maven-plugin.version>2.19.1</versions-maven-plugin.version>
+		<versions-maven-plugin.version>2.20.1</versions-maven-plugin.version>
 		<!-- other plugins -->
 		<central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.9.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
 		<jgitflow-maven-plugin.version>1.0-m5.1</jgitflow-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.github.haifengl</groupId>
 				<artifactId>smile-nlp</artifactId>
-				<version>5.0.0</version>
+				<version>5.0.1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>