diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 407a0d2b..00000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3f88d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Maven
+target/
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+pom.xml.next
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+
+# IDE
+.idea/
+*.iml
+.vscode/
+.settings/
+.classpath
+.project
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddcc05b4..cfb1e88c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.42</version>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+            <version>8.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
 			<groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
 			<artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.5.2</version>
+			<version>0.10.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jboss.weld</groupId>
 			<artifactId>weld-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.33.Final</version>
+			<version>2.4.8.Final</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.23.1</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 	      <dependency>
 	        <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
 	        <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-	        <version>2.28.2</version>
+	        <version>5.11.0</version>
 	      </dependency>
 	      <dependency>
 	        <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>