diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index adda2915..ae7c5ade 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -48,20 +48,22 @@ dependencies {
 	/* PowerSystemDataModel */
 	implementation ('com.github.ie3-institute:PowerSystemDataModel:2.1-SNAPSHOT') {
 		/* Exclude nested logging and ie3 related dependencies */
-		exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
+		exclude group: 'org.slf4j'
 		exclude group: 'com.github.ie3-institute'
 	}
 
 	/* util functions */
 	implementation ('com.github.ie3-institute:PowerSystemUtils:1.6-SNAPSHOT') {
 		/* Exclude nested logging and ie3 related dependencies */
-		exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
+		exclude group: 'org.slf4j'
 		exclude group: 'com.github.ie3-institute'
 	}
 
 	implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.8'
 
 	implementation 'tech.units:indriya:2.1.2'
+	implementation 'org.locationtech.jts:jts-core:1.18.2'
+	implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0'
 
 	// logging
 	implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:+' // log4j
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.scala-lang.modules:scala-parallel-collections_2.13:1.0.3'
 
 	// TEST Scala //
-	testImplementation "org.scalatest:scalatest_${scalaVersion}:3.2.0"
-	testImplementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-all:0.35.10'
+	testImplementation "org.scalatest:scalatest_${scalaVersion}:3.2.10"
+	testImplementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-all:0.62.2'
 	testImplementation "org.pegdown:pegdown:1.6.0" // HTML report for scalatest
 	implementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:3.11.2' // mocking framework