diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 676cbdf2..3d14ec85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
         <jsf.version>2.2.15</jsf.version>
         <primefaces.version>7.0</primefaces.version>
-        <jetty.version>9.4.29.v20200521</jetty.version>
+        <jetty.version>9.4.56.v20240826</jetty.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.2</log4j.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -68,12 +69,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.jsonld-java</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsonld-java</artifactId>
-            <version>0.13.4</version>
+            <version>0.13.6</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
@@ -103,12 +104,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
+            <version>2.18.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.18.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openrdf.sesame</groupId>
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.13</version>
+            <version>4.5.14</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -144,17 +145,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
@@ -166,12 +167,25 @@
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
             <version>7.13.4</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12.129</version>
+            <version>1.12.779</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- testing -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -201,7 +215,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>9.4.30.v20200611</version>
+                <version>${jetty.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <httpConnector>
                         <port>8888</port>
@@ -219,7 +233,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                         <artifactId>apache-jstl</artifactId>
-                        <version>9.4.29.v20200521</version>
+                        <version>${jetty.version}</version>
                         <exclusions>
                             <exclusion>
                                 <groupId>org.apache.taglibs</groupId>