diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4f7d20..fdec52f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<jersey.version>3.1.5</jersey.version>
-		<hibernate.ehcache.version>6.0.0.Alpha7</hibernate.ehcache.version>
-		<hibernate.version>6.1.7.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<spring.version>6.1.21</spring.version>
+		<jersey.version>3.1.11</jersey.version>
+		<hibernate.version>7.1.3.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<spring.version>6.2.11</spring.version>
 		<!-- spring6.version is used in jersey and defined here 
 		to make sure that jersey uses the correct spring version-->
 		<spring6.version>${spring.version}</spring6.version>
-		<jetty.version>11.0.24</jetty.version>
-		<flyway.version>10.6.0</flyway.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
-		<krill.version>[0.64.2,)</krill.version>
-		<koral.version>[0.44,)</koral.version>
+		<jetty.version>12.1.1</jetty.version>
+		<flyway.version>11.13.2</flyway.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
+		<krill.version>[0.64.4,)</krill.version>
+		<koral.version>[0.47,)</koral.version>
+		<!-- Align JBoss Logging with Hibernate Validator 9 requirements -->
+		<jboss.logging.version>3.6.1.Final</jboss.logging.version>
 	</properties>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.5.1</version>
+						<version>3.6.1</version>
 						<executions>
 							<!-- option 1 -->
 							<execution>
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.5.1</version>
+						<version>3.6.1</version>
 						<executions>
 							<!--option 2 -->
 							<execution>
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.12.1</version>
+				<version>3.14.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<compilerVersion>${java.version}</compilerVersion>
 					<source>${java.version}</source>
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.3.0</version>
+				<version>3.3.1</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2.5</version>
+				<version>3.5.4</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
 					<forkCount>1</forkCount>
@@ -371,7 +372,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.11</version>
+			<version>2.0.17</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Explicitly pin JBoss Logging to a version compatible with HV 9 -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
+			<version>${jboss.logging.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Java Assist -->
@@ -437,13 +445,13 @@
 			<version>${jetty.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.ee10</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-ee10-servlet</artifactId>
 			<version>${jetty.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.ee10</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-ee10-webapp</artifactId>
 			<version>${jetty.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -472,7 +480,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
 			<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-			<version>3.45.0.0</version>
+			<version>3.50.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		
@@ -487,7 +495,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.0</version>
+			<version>2.13.0</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -514,17 +522,7 @@
 			<artifactId>hibernate-jpamodelgen</artifactId>
 			<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hibernate-ehcache</artifactId>
-			<version>${hibernate.ehcache.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-					<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
+		<!-- Remove hibernate-ehcache (Ehcache 2 integration removed in modern Hibernate) -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-c3p0</artifactId>
@@ -542,13 +540,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-		    <version>3.0.2</version>
+		    <version>3.1.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-		    <version>8.0.1.Final</version>
+		    <version>9.0.1.Final</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
@@ -560,31 +558,47 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.0</version>
+			<version>3.2.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- Ensure jakarta.transaction.* classes are available for Hibernate 6 -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.0</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<version>6.1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Utilities -->
 		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
+			<version>2.10.9.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
 			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
 			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-			<version>2.12.6</version>
+			<version>2.14.0</version>
 		</dependency>
+			<!-- Apache Commons Lang 3 (maintained) -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+				<version>3.19.0</version>
+			</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.15.1</version>
+			<version>2.20.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.0</version>
+			<version>1.10.0</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -595,7 +609,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-			<version>1.11.0</version>
+			<version>1.14.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -612,21 +626,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.unboundid</groupId>
 			<artifactId>unboundid-ldapsdk</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.11</version>
+			<version>7.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- OAuth -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
 			<artifactId>oauth2-oidc-sdk</artifactId>
-			<version>11.9.1</version>
+			<version>11.29.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Project Lombok -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-			<version>1.18.30</version>
+			<version>1.18.42</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- Test -->
@@ -639,7 +653,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-			<version>5.10.1</version>
+			<version>6.0.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Jersey Test -->