diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba0e17fc7b..455c64e4af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@
     <developer>
       <id>jwayman</id>
       <name>Jeff Wayman</name>
-      <email></email>
+      <email/>
     </developer>
     <developer>
       <id>dcowden</id>
       <name>Dave Cowden</name>
-      <email></email>
+      <email/>
     </developer>
     <developer>
       <id>lawson89</id>
       <name>Richard Lawson</name>
-      <email></email>
+      <email/>
     </developer>
     <developer>
       <id>dougmorato</id>
@@ -109,23 +109,23 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
-    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.10</asciidoctorj.version>
-    <bootstrap.version>5.3.2</bootstrap.version>
+    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.13</asciidoctorj.version>
+    <bootstrap.version>5.3.3</bootstrap.version>
     <cglib.version>3.3.0</cglib.version>
     <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->
     <checkstyle.version>3.3.1</checkstyle.version>
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.15.1</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.16.1</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
-    <commons-text.version>1.10.0</commons-text.version>
+    <commons-text.version>1.12.0</commons-text.version>
     <guava.version>32.1.3-jre</guava.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
     <java.version>17</java.version>
     <jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
-    <jjwt.version>0.9.1</jjwt.version>
-    <jose4j.version>0.9.3</jose4j.version>
-    <jquery.version>3.7.0</jquery.version>
-    <jsoup.version>1.17.2</jsoup.version>
+    <jjwt.version>0.12.6</jjwt.version>
+    <jose4j.version>0.9.6</jose4j.version>
+    <jquery.version>3.7.1</jquery.version>
+    <jsoup.version>1.18.1</jsoup.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.22.0</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@
     <webdriver.version>5.6.3</webdriver.version>
     <webgoat.context>/</webgoat.context>
     <webgoat.sslenabled>false</webgoat.sslenabled>
-    <webjars-locator-core.version>0.53</webjars-locator-core.version>
+    <webjars-locator-core.version>0.59</webjars-locator-core.version>
     <webwolf.context>/</webwolf.context>
     <wiremock.version>2.27.2</wiremock.version>
     <xml-resolver.version>1.2</xml-resolver.version>
-    <xstream.version>1.4.5</xstream.version>
+    <xstream.version>1.4.20</xstream.version>
     <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->
-    <zxcvbn.version>1.8.0</zxcvbn.version>
+    <zxcvbn.version>1.9.0</zxcvbn.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@
               <includes>
                 <include>.gitignore</include>
               </includes>
-              <trimTrailingWhitespace></trimTrailingWhitespace>
-              <endWithNewline></endWithNewline>
+              <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
+              <endWithNewline/>
               <indent>
                 <tabs>true</tabs>
                 <spacesPerTab>4</spacesPerTab>
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
             <includes>
               <include>**/*.md</include>
             </includes>
-            <flexmark></flexmark>
+            <flexmark/>
           </markdown>
           <java>
             <includes>
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
               <include>src/test/java/**/*.java</include>
               <include>src/it/java/**/*.java</include>
             </includes>
-            <removeUnusedImports></removeUnusedImports>
+            <removeUnusedImports/>
             <googleJavaFormat>
               <style>GOOGLE</style>
               <reflowLongStrings>true</reflowLongStrings>