diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a36b2e5..7920a1d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 		<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>
@@ -571,6 +571,12 @@
 			<artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
 			<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>