diff --git a/httpclient5-sse/pom.xml b/httpclient5-sse/pom.xml
index 6f812810b0..61f2bb5bb6 100644
--- a/httpclient5-sse/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient5-sse/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.siom79.japicmp</groupId>
         <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.21.2</version>
+        <version>0.25.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea11f3ef20..b37bcdd27d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@
     <ehcache.version>3.11.1</ehcache.version>
     <memcached.version>2.12.3</memcached.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-    <junit.version>5.14.1</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>5.14.2</junit.version>
     <hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
     <hc.stylecheck.version>1</hc.stylecheck.version>
     <rxjava3.version>3.1.12</rxjava3.version>
-    <testcontainers.version>1.21.3</testcontainers.version>
+    <testcontainers.version>1.21.4</testcontainers.version>
     <junixsocket.version>2.10.1</junixsocket.version>
     <api.comparison.version>5.6</api.comparison.version>
     <hc.animal-sniffer.signature.ignores>javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine,javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters,java.nio.ByteBuffer,java.nio.CharBuffer,jdk.net.ExtendedSocketOptions,jdk.net.Sockets</hc.animal-sniffer.signature.ignores>
     <commons.compress.version>1.28.0</commons.compress.version>
     <zstd.jni.version>1.5.7-6</zstd.jni.version>
-    <micrometer.version>1.15.5</micrometer.version>
-    <micrometer.tracing.version>1.5.5</micrometer.tracing.version>
+    <micrometer.version>1.16.2</micrometer.version>
+    <micrometer.tracing.version>1.6.2</micrometer.tracing.version>
     <otel.version>1.58.0</otel.version>     <!-- already used elsewhere -->
     <commons-compress.version>1.26.2</commons-compress.version>
     <caffeine.version>2.9.3</caffeine.version>  <!-- java 8. current version 3.2.3 -->
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.20.0</version>
+        <version>2.21.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>