diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8912added..8e4ef35c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,30 +34,13 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <ramlfiles_path>${basedir}/ramls/</ramlfiles_path>
+    <raml-module-builder-version>35.0.4</raml-module-builder-version> <!-- also update vertx.version -->
+    <vertx.version>4.3.5</vertx.version>
+    <marc4j.version>2.9.4</marc4j.version>
+    <aspectj.version>1.9.19</aspectj.version>
     <sonar.exclusions>src/main/java/org/folio/persist/entity/*Internal*</sonar.exclusions>
     <generate_routing_context>/instance-storage/instances,/holdings-storage/holdings,/item-storage/items,/record-bulk/ids,/oai-pmh-view/instances,/oai-pmh-view/updatedInstanceIds,/oai-pmh-view/enrichedInstances,/inventory-hierarchy/updated-instance-ids,/inventory-hierarchy/items-and-holdings,/inventory-view/instances</generate_routing_context>
     <argLine />
-
-    <raml-module-builder-version>35.0.6</raml-module-builder-version> <!-- also update vertx.version -->
-    <vertx.version>4.4.6</vertx.version>
-    <marc4j.version>2.9.5</marc4j.version>
-    <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
-    <joda-time.version>2.12.5</joda-time.version>
-    <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
-    <folio-kafka-wrapper.version>3.0.0</folio-kafka-wrapper.version>
-    <caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version>
-    <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
-    <mockito.version>5.2.0</mockito.version>
-    <JUnitParams.version>1.1.1</JUnitParams.version>
-    <commons-lang3.version>3.13.0</commons-lang3.version>
-    <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
-    <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
-    <rest-assured.version>5.3.2</rest-assured.version>
-    <wiremock.version>3.0.1</wiremock.version>
-    <log4j-slf4j-impl.version>3.0.0-alpha1</log4j-slf4j-impl.version>
-    <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
-    <testcontainers.version>1.19.1</testcontainers.version>
-    <okapi-testing.version>5.1.1</okapi-testing.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -72,14 +55,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>${junit.version}</version>
+        <version>5.9.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
         <artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+        <version>1.17.3</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -96,25 +79,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.folio.okapi</groupId>
       <artifactId>okapi-testing</artifactId>
-      <version>${okapi-testing.version}</version>
+      <version>4.14.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
+      <version>2.10.14</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+      <version>2.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+      <version>2.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -130,17 +113,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.folio</groupId>
       <artifactId>folio-kafka-wrapper</artifactId>
-      <version>${folio-kafka-wrapper.version}</version>
+      <version>3.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
       <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-      <version>${caffeine.version}</version>
+      <version>3.1.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-      <version>${lombok.version}</version>
+      <version>1.18.24</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -184,13 +167,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
-      <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+      <version>4.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>pl.pragmatists</groupId>
       <artifactId>JUnitParams</artifactId>
-      <version>${JUnitParams.version}</version>
+      <version>1.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -206,17 +189,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+      <version>3.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
       <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-      <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
+      <version>4.2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -227,19 +210,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
       <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
-      <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+      <version>5.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
       <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
-      <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
+      <version>2.27.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>  <!-- for testcontainers -->
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j-slf4j-impl.version}</version>
+      <version>2.17.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -286,15 +269,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <generateBackupPoms>false</generateBackupPoms>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.folio</groupId>
         <artifactId>domain-models-maven-plugin</artifactId>