diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b43b6ef..a667f53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
 
         <!--  TEST dependencies  -->
-        <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.13.0</mockito.version>
         <apache.commons.version>2.16.1</apache.commons.version>
 
         <!--   Build tools' properties     -->
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@
         <maven.deploy.plugin.version>3.1.3</maven.deploy.plugin.version>
         <maven.gpg.version>3.2.5</maven.gpg.version>
         <sonatype.nexus.central>0.5.0</sonatype.nexus.central>
-        <maven.javadoc.version>3.8.0</maven.javadoc.version>
+        <maven.javadoc.version>3.10.0</maven.javadoc.version>
         <maven.assembly.version>3.7.1</maven.assembly.version>
         <maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.9.0</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.11.0</junit.jupiter.version>
         <junit.platform.version>1.11.0</junit.platform.version>
-        <maven.surefire.version>3.4.0</maven.surefire.version>
+        <maven.surefire.version>3.5.0</maven.surefire.version>
         <jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>2.17.2</jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>
         <org.eclipse.sisu.version>0.9.0.M3</org.eclipse.sisu.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.78.1</bouncycastle.version>