diff --git a/backend-java/Dockerfile b/backend-java/Dockerfile
index 5beda536..69336b05 100644
--- a/backend-java/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend-java/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-images
 
 # "Provides the native-image executable. Used by the Maven and Gradle plugin from Quarkus to build linux64 executables"
-FROM quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-graalvmce-builder-image:jdk-23 AS build
+FROM quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-graalvmce-builder-image:jdk-25 AS build
 
 # Image defaults to /project; copy controlled by .dockerignore
 COPY --chown=quarkus:quarkus . ./
diff --git a/backend-java/pom.xml b/backend-java/pom.xml
index 9ac48553..26e846ae 100644
--- a/backend-java/pom.xml
+++ b/backend-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
   <artifactId>quickstart-openshift-backends</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <properties>
-    <compiler-plugin.version>3.15.0</compiler-plugin.version>
+    <compiler-plugin.version>3.16.0</compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>23</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
     <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus.platform.group-id>
-    <quarkus.platform.version>3.35.4</quarkus.platform.version>
+    <quarkus.platform.version>3.40.1</quarkus.platform.version>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
-    <surefire-plugin.version>3.5.5</surefire-plugin.version>
+    <surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</surefire-plugin.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.datafaker</groupId>
       <artifactId>datafaker</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.4</version>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>