diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 554d6e94..7dbcc8e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,43 +45,43 @@
 
     <properties>
         <revision>3.0.3-SNAPSHOT</revision>
-        <checkstyle.version>10.26.1</checkstyle.version>
-        <jreleaser.plugin.version>1.19.0</jreleaser.plugin.version>
-        <junit5.version>5.13.4</junit5.version>
-        <maven.antrun-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven.antrun-plugin.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>13.8.0</checkstyle.version>
+        <jreleaser.plugin.version>1.25.0</jreleaser.plugin.version>
+        <junit5.version>6.1.2</junit5.version>
+        <maven.antrun-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.antrun-plugin.version>
         <maven.changes-plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven.changes-plugin.version>
         <maven.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <maven.clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.clean-plugin.version>
-        <maven.compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven.compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven.compiler-plugin.version>3.15.0</maven.compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
-        <maven.dependency-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven.dependency-plugin.version>
+        <maven.dependency-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven.dependency-plugin.version>
         <maven.deploy-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven.deploy-plugin.version>
         <maven.directory-maven-plugin.version>1.0</maven.directory-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven.enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven.enforcer-plugin.version>
-        <maven.exec-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven.exec-plugin.version>
+        <maven.enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.enforcer-plugin.version>
+        <maven.exec-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.exec-plugin.version>
         <maven.install-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven.install-plugin.version>
-        <maven.jacoco-plugin.version>0.8.13</maven.jacoco-plugin.version>
-        <maven.jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven.jar-plugin.version>
-        <maven.javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven.javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven.jacoco-plugin.version>0.8.15</maven.jacoco-plugin.version>
+        <maven.jar-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.jar-plugin.version>
+        <maven.javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven.javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven.jxr-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.jxr-plugin.version>
-        <maven.license-plugin.version>2.6.0</maven.license-plugin.version>
+        <maven.license-plugin.version>2.7.1</maven.license-plugin.version>
         <maven.pmd-plugin.version>3.28.0</maven.pmd-plugin.version>
         <maven.project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven.project-info-reports-plugin.version>
-        <maven.rat-plugin.version>0.16.1</maven.rat-plugin.version>
-        <maven.release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven.release-plugin.version>
-        <maven.resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.resources-plugin.version>
+        <maven.rat-plugin.version>0.18</maven.rat-plugin.version>
+        <maven.release-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.release-plugin.version>
+        <maven.resources-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.resources-plugin.version>
         <maven.site-plugin.version>4.0.0-M16</maven.site-plugin.version>
-        <maven.source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.source-plugin.version>
-        <maven.spotbugs-plugin.version>4.9.3.2</maven.spotbugs-plugin.version>
-        <maven.surefire-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven.source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven.source-plugin.version>
+        <maven.spotbugs-plugin.version>4.10.3.0</maven.spotbugs-plugin.version>
+        <maven.surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven.surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven.version>3.9.11</maven.version>
-        <maven.versions-plugin.version>2.18.0</maven.versions-plugin.version>
-        <mutability.detector.version>0.9.1</mutability.detector.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.22.0</pmd.version>
+        <maven.versions-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven.versions-plugin.version>
+        <mutability.detector.version>0.9.3</mutability.detector.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.26.0</pmd.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.github.repository>microsoft/gctoolkit</project.github.repository>
         <repository.url>git@github.com:${project.github.repository}.git</repository.url>
-        <spotbugs.version>4.9.3</spotbugs.version>
+        <spotbugs.version>4.10.3</spotbugs.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.hjug.refactorfirst.plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>refactor-first-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.1</version>
+                <version>0.9.0</version>
                 <!-- optional -->
                 <configuration>
                     <showDetails>true</showDetails>
diff --git a/vertx/pom.xml b/vertx/pom.xml
index 21097c1c..96fc2d74 100644
--- a/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.12</version>
+            <version>5.1.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>