diff --git a/.mvn/extensions.xml b/.mvn/extensions.xml
index 41beb1d28..06e9cddf7 100644
--- a/.mvn/extensions.xml
+++ b/.mvn/extensions.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <extension>
         <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
         <artifactId>common-custom-user-data-maven-extension</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.7</version>
+        <version>2.1.0</version>
     </extension>
     <extension>
         <groupId>org.hibernate.infra.develocity</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21c5bc764..6b14ce5be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@
         <version.io.rest-assured>5.5.6</version.io.rest-assured>
         <version.org.apache.groovy>5.0.2</version.org.apache.groovy>
         <version.com.google.guava>33.5.0-jre</version.com.google.guava>
-        <version.org.springframework.spring-expression>6.2.12</version.org.springframework.spring-expression>
+        <version.org.springframework.spring-expression>7.0.0</version.org.springframework.spring-expression>
         <version.org.jboss.arquillian.container.arquillian-weld-embedded>4.0.0.Final</version.org.jboss.arquillian.container.arquillian-weld-embedded>
         <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind>2.20.1</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind>
         <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-annotations>2.20</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-annotations>
-        <version.net.bytebuddy.byte-buddy>1.18.0</version.net.bytebuddy.byte-buddy>
+        <version.net.bytebuddy.byte-buddy>1.18.1</version.net.bytebuddy.byte-buddy>
 
         <!-- OSGi dependencies -->
         <version.org.apache.karaf>4.2.0</version.org.apache.karaf>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
             overridden by a CI job of the Checkstyle project so that they can
             check for regressions. Which is obviously good for us, too.
          -->
-        <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>12.1.1</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
+        <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>12.1.2</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
 
         <!-- Asciidoctor -->
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         <version.gmavenplus.plugin>4.2.1</version.gmavenplus.plugin>
         <version.install.plugin>3.1.4</version.install.plugin>
         <version.japicmp.plugin>0.24.2</version.japicmp.plugin>
-        <version.jar.plugin>3.4.2</version.jar.plugin>
+        <version.jar.plugin>3.5.0</version.jar.plugin>
         <version.jqassistant.plugin>2.8.0</version.jqassistant.plugin>
         <version.javadoc.plugin>3.12.0</version.javadoc.plugin>
         <version.release.plugin>3.2.0</version.release.plugin>