diff --git a/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml
index 4dc54291..7f7b064b 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/apiserver_local/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.4</version>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
index a0315e0e..e445b44a 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>
                         --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
index 2e5de7fd..4f703110 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>
                         --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml b/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml
index c910a91b..c3f22571 100644
--- a/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/jaxrs/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>
                         --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f14fb80e..9c44ae6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.21.0</version>
+        <version>2.21.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
       <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.4</version>
+          <version>3.5.5</version>
           <configuration>
               <systemPropertyVariables>
                   <appengine.runtime.dir>../deployment/target/runtime-deployment-${project.version}</appengine.runtime.dir>