diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index fa17b278..bf47eb13 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Committing with `git commit -s` will add the sign-off at the end of the commit m
 
 - Jannik Hollenbach <jannik.hollenbach@iteratec.com>
 - Johannes Zahn <johannes_zahn@nc-online.de>
-- Robert Seedorff <Robert.Seedorff@iteratec.com>
+- Robert Seedorff <robert.seedorff@iteratec.com>
 - Simon Hülkenberg <simon.huelkenberg@iteratec.com>
 - Sven Strittmatter <sven.strittmatter@iteratec.com>
 - Timo Pagel <github@timo-pagel.de>
+- Heiko Kiesel <heiko.kiesel@iteratec.com>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e897012..d675717b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
         <sonar.jacoco.reportPaths>${project.build.directory}/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPaths>
 
         <!-- Dependency versions: -->
-        <com.fasterxml.jackson.version>2.15.2</com.fasterxml.jackson.version>
+        <com.fasterxml.jackson.version>2.16.1</com.fasterxml.jackson.version>
         <org.springframework.version>5.3.28</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.mockito.version>5.4.0</org.mockito.version>
+        <org.mockito.version>5.9.0</org.mockito.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>5.10.0</version>
+                <version>5.10.1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.26</version>
+            <version>1.18.30</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>uk.org.webcompere</groupId>
             <artifactId>system-stubs-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.1.6</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.jqno.equalsverifier</groupId>
             <artifactId>equalsverifier</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15.1</version>
+            <version>3.15.6</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.11.0</version>
+                    <version>3.12.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <source>${project.build.version.source}</source>
                         <target>${project.build.version.target}</target>
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.4.1</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>enforce</id>
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.8.10</version>
+                    <version>0.8.11</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>pre-unit-test</id>
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.2</version>
+                    <version>3.2.5</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.0</version>
+                    <version>3.6.3</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>attach-javadocs</id>