diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 06978e0..bf020da 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 0.61.0 2022-11-16
     - [cleanup] Remove ehcache from dependencies (diewald)
+    - [security] Update to Java 11 for consistency.
+    - [security] Update dependencies (diewald)
 
 0.60.6 2022-10-13
     - [security] Update dependencies (kupietz)
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 166b33a..cfe4c4e 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Java 8 (OpenJDK or Oracle JDK),
+Java 11 (OpenJDK or Oracle JDK),
 [Git](http://git-scm.com/),
 [Maven 3](https://maven.apache.org/).
 Further dependencies are resolved using Maven.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c6e114..22dc3ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
   </developers>
 
   <properties>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <java.version>11</java.version>
     <jersey.version>3.0.4</jersey.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.13.4</jackson.version>
-    <log4j.version>[2.17.2,)</log4j.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.14.0</jackson.version>
+    <log4j.version>[2.19.0,)</log4j.version>
     <lucene.version>5.0.0</lucene.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0</version>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- log4j dependency -->
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.32</version>
+      <version>2.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- SQLite for database connection tests -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
       <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>3.36.0.3</version>
+      <version>3.39.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <!-- Database Connection Pool Manager -->
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}.1</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
       <plugin>
 	<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 	<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-	<version>3.0.0</version>
+	<version>3.1.0</version>
 	<executions>
 	  <execution>
 	    <goals>