diff --git a/inception/inception-build/src/main/resources/inception/rules.xml b/inception/inception-build/src/main/resources/inception/rules.xml
index 76948f2cf09..99e19ee6a57 100644
--- a/inception/inception-build/src/main/resources/inception/rules.xml
+++ b/inception/inception-build/src/main/resources/inception/rules.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-_\.]b[0-9\.]*</ignoreVersion>
     <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-_\.]M[0-9\.]*</ignoreVersion>
     <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-_\.]rc[0-9\.-]*</ignoreVersion>
+    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-_\.]Dev[0-9\.-]*</ignoreVersion>
     <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-_\.]alpha[0-9\.-]*</ignoreVersion>
     <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*[-_\.]beta[0-9\.-]*</ignoreVersion>
     <!-- e.g. commons-collections:commons-collections ... 3.2.1.redhat-7 -> 20040117.000000 -->
diff --git a/inception/inception-dependencies/pom.xml b/inception/inception-dependencies/pom.xml
index 888d0ad5d67..069e013d4b1 100644
--- a/inception/inception-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/inception/inception-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
         <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
-        <version>9.39.3</version>
+        <version>${nimbus-jose-jwt.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version>
+        <version>${commons-dbcp2.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-        <version>6.6.2</version>
+        <version>${woodstox-core.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
         <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
-        <version>8.5.13</version>
+        <version>${fastutil.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -696,12 +696,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
         <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14.17</version>
+        <version>${byte-buddy.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
         <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14.17</version>
+        <version>${byte-buddy.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.wicketstuff</groupId>
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
         <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.0</version>
+        <version>${json-schema-validator.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- SPRING SECURITY -->
@@ -789,12 +789,12 @@
       <!-- Springdoc -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-ui</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-common</artifactId>
         <version>${springdoc.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-common</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
         <version>${springdoc.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.14.0</version>
+        <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.17.0</version>
+        <version>${commons-codec.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
-        <version>6.9.0.202403050737-r</version>
+        <version>${jgit.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -1417,12 +1417,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
         <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-        <version>4.7.6</version>
+        <version>${picocli.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
         <artifactId>picocli-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-        <version>4.7.5</version>
+        <version>${picocli.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/inception/inception-remote/pom.xml b/inception/inception-remote/pom.xml
index 649d8af29f8..911d6653850 100644
--- a/inception/inception-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/inception/inception-remote/pom.xml
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@
     <!-- Swagger / Springdoc -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-ui</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-common</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
               <!--
                - Need this for auto-configuration 
                -->
-              <ignoredDependency>org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui</ignoredDependency>
+              <ignoredDependency>org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</ignoredDependency>
               <!--
                - Test dependencies used via auto-configuration and reflection
                -->
diff --git a/inception/inception-remote/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/webapp/remoteapi/config/RemoteApiAutoConfiguration.java b/inception/inception-remote/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/webapp/remoteapi/config/RemoteApiAutoConfiguration.java
index 0de6bacdb76..4d4dce64d47 100644
--- a/inception/inception-remote/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/webapp/remoteapi/config/RemoteApiAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/inception/inception-remote/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/webapp/remoteapi/config/RemoteApiAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 
-import org.springdoc.core.GroupedOpenApi;
+import org.springdoc.core.models.GroupedOpenApi;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnExpression;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnWebApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public GroupedOpenApi defaultDocket()
     {
         return GroupedOpenApi.builder().group("disabled") //
                 .pathsToExclude("/**") //
-                .addOpenApiCustomiser(openApi -> { //
+                .addOpenApiCustomizer(openApi -> { //
                     openApi.info(new Info() //
                             .title("Remote API disabled") //
                             .description("The remote API is not enabled."));
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public GroupedOpenApi legacyRemoteApiDocket()
     {
         return GroupedOpenApi.builder().group("legacy-v1")
                 .pathsToMatch(LegacyRemoteApiController.API_BASE + "/**") //
-                .addOpenApiCustomiser(openApi -> { //
+                .addOpenApiCustomizer(openApi -> { //
                     openApi.info(new Info() //
                             .title("Legacy API") //
                             .version("1"));
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public GroupedOpenApi areoRemoteApiDocket()
     {
         return GroupedOpenApi.builder().group("aero-v1")
                 .pathsToMatch(AeroRemoteApiController.API_BASE + "/**")
-                .addOpenApiCustomiser(openApi -> { //
+                .addOpenApiCustomizer(openApi -> { //
                     openApi.info(new Info() //
                             .title("AERO") //
                             .version("1.0.0")
diff --git a/inception/pom.xml b/inception/pom.xml
index 53d6396a419..be37bd6e809 100644
--- a/inception/pom.xml
+++ b/inception/pom.xml
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                   <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                   <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                  <version>10.14.2</version>
+                  <version>10.17.0</version>
                 </dependency>
               </dependencies>
               <configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fbd35030b6..8c4320e7727 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
     <build-ant-version>1.10.14</build-ant-version>
     <build-groovy-version>4.0.21</build-groovy-version>
 
-    <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit-jupiter.version>
-    <junit-platform.version>1.10.2</junit-platform.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.3</junit-jupiter.version>
+    <junit-platform.version>1.10.3</junit-platform.version>
     <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.26.0</assertj.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
     <xmlunit.version>2.10.0</xmlunit.version>
-    <testcontainers.version>1.19.8</testcontainers.version>
+    <testcontainers.version>1.20.0</testcontainers.version>
 
     <awaitility.version>4.2.1</awaitility.version>
 
@@ -86,26 +86,26 @@
 
     <pdfbox.version>2.0.30</pdfbox.version>
 
-    <spring.version>6.1.8</spring.version>
-    <spring.boot.version>3.3.0</spring.boot.version>
-    <spring.data.version>3.2.4</spring.data.version>
-    <spring.security.version>6.3.0</spring.security.version>
-    <springdoc.version>1.8.0</springdoc.version>
+    <spring.version>6.1.11</spring.version>
+    <spring.boot.version>3.3.2</spring.boot.version>
+    <spring.data.version>3.3.2</spring.data.version>
+    <spring.security.version>6.3.1</spring.security.version>
+    <springdoc.version>2.6.0</springdoc.version>
     <swagger.version>2.2.22</swagger.version>
-    <jjwt.version>0.12.5</jjwt.version>
+    <jjwt.version>0.12.6</jjwt.version>
 
     <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
-    <jboss.logging.version>3.5.3.Final</jboss.logging.version>
+    <jboss.logging.version>3.6.0.Final</jboss.logging.version>
     <sentry.version>6.34.0</sentry.version>
 
-    <tomcat.version>10.1.24</tomcat.version>
-    <jetty.version>12.0.11</jetty.version>
+    <tomcat.version>10.1.26</tomcat.version>
+    <jetty.version>12.0.12</jetty.version>
     <servlet-api.version>6.0.0</servlet-api.version>
 
     <mariadb.driver.version>2.7.12</mariadb.driver.version>
     <mssql.driver.version>12.6.3.jre11</mssql.driver.version>
-    <mysql.driver.version>8.0.27</mysql.driver.version>
+    <mysql.driver.version>8.0.33</mysql.driver.version>
     <postgres.driver.version>42.7.3</postgres.driver.version>
     <hibernate.version>6.5.2.Final</hibernate.version>
     <hibernate.validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
@@ -120,24 +120,34 @@
     <!--
       - These are all interconnected - because they share the dependency on Lucene.
       -->
-    <lucene.version>9.10.0</lucene.version>
+    <lucene.version>9.11.1</lucene.version>
     <solr.version>9.6.1</solr.version>
-    <opensearch.version>2.14.0</opensearch.version>
+    <opensearch.version>2.15.0</opensearch.version>
     <jena.version>5.1.0</jena.version>
     <rdf4j.version>4.3.13</rdf4j.version> 
     <owlapi-version>5.5.0</owlapi-version>
 
     <asciidoctor.plugin.version>2.2.3</asciidoctor.plugin.version>
-    <asciidoctor.version>2.5.12</asciidoctor.version>
-    <asciidoctor-diagram.version>2.3.0</asciidoctor-diagram.version>
-    <build-asciidoctorj-pdf-version>2.3.15</build-asciidoctorj-pdf-version>
+    <asciidoctor.version>2.5.13</asciidoctor.version>
+    <asciidoctor-diagram.version>2.3.1</asciidoctor-diagram.version>
+    <build-asciidoctorj-pdf-version>2.3.17</build-asciidoctorj-pdf-version>
 
     <json.version>20230227</json.version>
     <pf4j.version>2.6.0</pf4j.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.17.1</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
     <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
     <okhttp.version>4.12.0</okhttp.version>
     <okio.version>3.9.0</okio.version>
+    <byte-buddy.version>1.14.18</byte-buddy.version>
+    <commons-lang3.version>3.15.0</commons-lang3.version>
+    <commons-dbcp2.version>2.12.0</commons-dbcp2.version>
+    <commons-codec.version>1.17.1</commons-codec.version>
+    <fastutil.version>8.5.14</fastutil.version>
+    <picocli.version>4.7.6</picocli.version>
+    <woodstox-core.version>6.7.0</woodstox-core.version>
+    <nimbus-jose-jwt.version>9.40</nimbus-jose-jwt.version>
+    <json-schema-validator.version>1.5.1</json-schema-validator.version>
+    <jgit.version>6.10.0.202406032230-r</jgit.version>
 
     <node.version>20.12.2</node.version>
     <apache-annotator.version>0.2.0</apache-annotator.version>