diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 0c98e241..0d918c66 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.78.1</version>
+            <version>1.79</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
             <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.2</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
             <artifactId>tika-parsers-standard-package</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.2</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>5.11.0-M2</version>
+            <version>5.11.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>