diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 55d5be308a..840362bef6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <ehcache3.version>3.10.8</ehcache3.version>
         <!-- Database -->
         <c3p0.version>0.9.1.2</c3p0.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.5.2</hsqldb.version><!-- Don't upgrade due to JDK8 -->
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version><!-- Don't upgrade due to JDK8 -->
         <hsqldb.with11.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.with11.version><!-- Don't upgrade due to JDK8 -->
         <hibernate-core.version>5.6.15.Final</hibernate-core.version>
         <hibernate-core.6.version>6.6.18.Final</hibernate-core.6.version>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <javax.persistence-api.version>2.2</javax.persistence-api.version>
         <javax.validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</javax.validation-api.version>
         <!-- Logging -->
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <!-- Metrics -->
         <dropwizard.metrics.version>4.2.32</dropwizard.metrics.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml b/spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml
index baf1e85490..cd2b5818d6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
             <artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
-            <version>0.11.1</version>
+            <version>0.12.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>