diff --git a/arkiverer/pom.xml b/arkiverer/pom.xml
index bf1247d2..3ab789c8 100644
--- a/arkiverer/pom.xml
+++ b/arkiverer/pom.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
 			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-codec.version}</version> </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-streams-avro-serde</artifactId>
diff --git a/clients/pom.xml b/clients/pom.xml
index fd54b3ea..3466b0e4 100644
--- a/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@
 			<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-api</artifactId>
 			<version>${springdoc-openapi.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.kotlintest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kotlintest-runner-junit5</artifactId>
+			<version>${kotlintest.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.kotlintest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kotlintest-assertions</artifactId>
+			<version>${kotlintest.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 
@@ -123,6 +134,19 @@
 					<jvmTarget>${java.version}</jvmTarget>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-surefire.version}</version>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+						<artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
+						<version>${junit-platform.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2329ec12..c697e88b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.2.1</version>
+		<version>3.2.5</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -18,35 +18,36 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>21</java.version>
-		<spring-boot.version>3.2.4</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>3.2.5</spring-boot.version>
 		<spring-web.version>6.1.6</spring-web.version>
 
-		<kotlin.version>1.9.22</kotlin.version>
+		<kotlin.version>1.9.23</kotlin.version>
 		<maven.version>3.8.8</maven.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
 		<springdoc.version>1.8.0</springdoc.version>
-		<token-support.version>4.1.0</token-support.version>
+		<token-support.version>4.1.4</token-support.version>
 		<jackson-coreutils.version>2.0</jackson-coreutils.version>
 		<jackson-databind-nullable.version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable.version>
-		<jackson-module-kotlin.version>2.17.0</jackson-module-kotlin.version>
+		<jackson-module-kotlin.version>2.17.1</jackson-module-kotlin.version>
 		<gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
 		<jakarta-servlet-api.version>6.0.0</jakarta-servlet-api.version>
 		<jakarta-validation-api.version>3.0.2</jakarta-validation-api.version>
 		<jakarta-annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta-annotation.version>
-		<graphql-kotlin.version>7.1.0</graphql-kotlin.version>
+		<graphql-kotlin.version>7.1.1</graphql-kotlin.version>
+		<commons-codec.version>1.17.0</commons-codec.version>
 
 		<!-- OpenAPI -->
 		<springdoc-openapi.version>2.5.0</springdoc-openapi.version>
-		<swagger-annotations.version>2.2.20</swagger-annotations.version>
+		<swagger-annotations.version>2.2.21</swagger-annotations.version>
 
 		<!--Kotlin-->
 		<kotlin-serialization.version>1.6.3</kotlin-serialization.version>
 		<coroutines.version>1.8.0</coroutines.version>
 
 		<!--Kafka-->
-		<kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
-		<kafka-streams-avro-serde.version>7.5.3</kafka-streams-avro-serde.version>
+		<kafka.version>3.7.0</kafka.version>
+		<kafka-streams-avro-serde.version>7.6.1</kafka-streams-avro-serde.version>
 		<arkivering-schemas.version>f52ace8dcc</arkivering-schemas.version>
 
 		<!--Logging-->
@@ -54,17 +55,20 @@
 		<logstash.version>7.4</logstash.version>
 
 		<!--Test-->
-		<testcontainers.version>1.19.3</testcontainers.version>
-		<mockk.version>1.13.8</mockk.version>
+		<testcontainers.version>1.19.7</testcontainers.version>
+		<mockk.version>1.13.10</mockk.version>
 		<springmockk.version>4.0.2</springmockk.version>
 		<wiremock.version>2.27.2</wiremock.version>
+		<kotlintest.version>3.4.2</kotlintest.version>
 
 		<!--Plugins-->
 		<versions-maven-plugin.version>2.16.2</versions-maven-plugin.version>
-		<openapi-generator-maven-plugin.version>7.3.0</openapi-generator-maven-plugin.version>
+		<openapi-generator-maven-plugin.version>7.5.0</openapi-generator-maven-plugin.version>
 		<remote-comparer-maven-plugin.version>1.0.5</remote-comparer-maven-plugin.version>
 		<cyclonedx-maven-plugin.version>2.8.0</cyclonedx-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-enforcer.version>3.4.1</maven-enforcer.version>
+		<maven-surefire.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire.version>
+		<junit-platform.version>1.2.0</junit-platform.version>
 	</properties>