diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60a9b72..42933b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.5.7</version>
+		<version>2.6.2</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>checkout</groupId>
@@ -21,17 +21,16 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <!-- dependencies -->
-        <owasp.version>6.1.6</owasp.version>
-        <spring.boot.version>2.6.1</spring.boot.version>
+        <owasp.version>6.5.3</owasp.version>
+        <spring.boot.version>2.6.2</spring.boot.version>
         <spring.cloud.version>2021.0.0</spring.cloud.version>
 	<slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
         <spring.test.version>5.3.9</spring.test.version>
         <spring.security.version>5.6.0</spring.security.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
         <springdoc.version>1.6.0</springdoc.version>
         <mapstruct.version>1.4.2.Final</mapstruct.version>
-        <junit.version>5.7.2</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.8.1</junit.version>
         <!-- plugins -->
         <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.1.2</plugin.checkstyle.version>
         <plugin.sonar.version>3.9.1.2184</plugin.sonar.version>
@@ -72,16 +71,6 @@
     
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
-	    <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>