diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/pom.xml
index a30571ca2..c39bf516d 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <struts.version>2.5.30</struts.version>
+        <struts.version>6.0.3</struts.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsLambdaContainerHandler.java b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsLambdaContainerHandler.java
index 42ff0aee8..09c460cfa 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsLambdaContainerHandler.java
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsLambdaContainerHandler.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ protected void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest,
 
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws ContainerInitializationException {
-        log.info("Initialize Struts2 Lambda Application ...");
+        log.info("Initialize Struts Lambda Application ...");
         Timer.start(TIMER_STRUTS_COLD_START_INIT);
         try {
             if (this.startupHandler != null) {
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsAwsProxyTest.java b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsAwsProxyTest.java
index b4f9ecf95..eb890cf5b 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsAwsProxyTest.java
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/serverless/proxy/struts/StrutsAwsProxyTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
-import org.apache.struts2.StrutsJUnit4TestCase;
+import org.apache.struts2.StrutsRestTestCase;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
@@ -49,24 +49,25 @@
  * Unit test class for the Struts2 AWS_PROXY default implementation
  */
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
-public class StrutsAwsProxyTest extends StrutsJUnit4TestCase<EchoAction> {
+public class StrutsAwsProxyTest extends StrutsRestTestCase<EchoAction> {
     private static final String CUSTOM_HEADER_KEY = "x-custom-header";
     private static final String CUSTOM_HEADER_VALUE = "my-custom-value";
     private static final String AUTHORIZER_PRINCIPAL_ID = "test-principal-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    private static final String HTTP_METHOD_GET = "GET";
+    private static final String QUERY_STRING_MODE = "mode";
     private static final String QUERY_STRING_KEY = "message";
     private static final String QUERY_STRING_ENCODED_VALUE = "Hello Struts2";
     private static final String USER_PRINCIPAL = "user1";
     private static final String CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_JSON = "application/json; charset=UTF-8";
 
 
-    private static ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
     private final StrutsLambdaContainerHandler<AwsProxyRequest, AwsProxyResponse> handler = StrutsLambdaContainerHandler
             .getAwsProxyHandler();
     private final StrutsLambdaContainerHandler<HttpApiV2ProxyRequest, AwsProxyResponse> httpApiHandler = StrutsLambdaContainerHandler
             .getHttpApiV2ProxyHandler();
-    private static Context lambdaContext = new MockLambdaContext();
-
-    private String type;
+    private final Context lambdaContext = new MockLambdaContext();
+    private final String type;
 
     public StrutsAwsProxyTest(String reqType) {
         type = reqType;
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@ private AwsProxyResponse executeRequest(AwsProxyRequestBuilder requestBuilder, C
     
     @Test
     public void headers_getHeaders_echo() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "GET")
-                .queryString("mode", "headers")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "headers")
                 .header(CUSTOM_HEADER_KEY, CUSTOM_HEADER_VALUE)
                 .json();
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ public void headers_getHeaders_echo() {
 
     @Test
     public void context_servletResponse_setCustomHeader() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", "GET")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
                 .queryString("customHeader", "true")
                 .json();
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public void context_servletResponse_setCustomHeader() {
     @Test
     public void context_serverInfo_correctContext() {
         assumeTrue("API_GW".equals(type));
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", "GET")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
                 .queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, "Hello Struts2")
                 .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                 .queryString("contentType", "true");
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ public void context_serverInfo_correctContext() {
 
     @Test
     public void queryString_uriInfo_echo() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "GET")
-                .queryString("mode", "query-string")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "query-string")
                 .queryString(CUSTOM_HEADER_KEY, CUSTOM_HEADER_VALUE)
                 .json();
 
@@ -146,8 +147,8 @@ public void queryString_uriInfo_echo() {
 
     @Test
     public void requestScheme_valid_expectHttps() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "GET")
-                .queryString("mode", "scheme")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "scheme")
                 .queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, QUERY_STRING_ENCODED_VALUE)
                 .json();
 
@@ -161,8 +162,8 @@ public void requestScheme_valid_expectHttps() {
     @Test
     public void authorizer_securityContext_customPrincipalSuccess() {
         assumeTrue("API_GW".equals(type));
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "GET")
-                .queryString("mode", "principal")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "principal")
                 .json()
                 .authorizerPrincipal(AUTHORIZER_PRINCIPAL_ID);
 
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ public void authorizer_securityContext_customPrincipalSuccess() {
 
     @Test
     public void errors_unknownRoute_expect404() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/unknown", "GET");
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/unknown", HTTP_METHOD_GET);
 
         AwsProxyResponse output = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
         assertEquals(404, output.getStatusCode());
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ public void errors_unknownRoute_expect404() {
     @Test
     public void error_contentType_invalidContentType() {
         AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "POST")
-                .queryString("mode", "content-type")
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "content-type")
                 .header("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
                 .body("asdasdasd");
 
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ public void error_contentType_invalidContentType() {
     @Test
     public void error_statusCode_methodNotAllowed() {
         AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "POST")
-                .queryString("mode", "not-allowed")
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "not-allowed")
                 .json();
 
         AwsProxyResponse output = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ public void responseBody_responseWriter_validBody() throws JsonProcessingExcepti
         value.put(QUERY_STRING_KEY, CUSTOM_HEADER_VALUE);
         AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", "POST")
                 .json()
-                .body(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(value));
+                .body(OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(value));
 
         AwsProxyResponse output = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
         assertEquals(200, output.getStatusCode());
@@ -220,8 +221,8 @@ public void responseBody_responseWriter_validBody() throws JsonProcessingExcepti
 
     @Test
     public void statusCode_responseStatusCode_customStatusCode() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "GET")
-                .queryString("mode", "custom-status-code")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "custom-status-code")
                 .queryString("status", "201")
                 .json();
 
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ public void statusCode_responseStatusCode_customStatusCode() {
 
     @Test
     public void base64_binaryResponse_base64Encoding() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", "GET");
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", HTTP_METHOD_GET);
 
         AwsProxyResponse response = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
         assertNotNull(response.getBody());
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ public void base64_binaryResponse_base64Encoding() {
     @Test
     public void exception_mapException_mapToNotImplemented() {
         AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "POST")
-                .queryString("mode", "not-implemented");
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "not-implemented");
 
         AwsProxyResponse response = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
         assertNotNull(response.getBody());
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ public void exception_mapException_mapToNotImplemented() {
 
     @Test
     public void stripBasePath_route_shouldRouteCorrectly() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/custompath/echo", "GET")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/custompath/echo", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
                 .json()
                 .queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, "stripped");
         handler.stripBasePath("/custompath");
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ public void stripBasePath_route_shouldRouteCorrectly() {
 
     @Test
     public void stripBasePath_route_shouldReturn404() {
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/custompath/echo/status-code", "GET")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/custompath/echo/status-code", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
                 .json()
                 .queryString("status", "201");
         handler.stripBasePath("/custom");
@@ -275,8 +276,8 @@ public void stripBasePath_route_shouldReturn404() {
     @Test
     public void securityContext_injectPrincipal_expectPrincipalName() {
         assumeTrue("API_GW".equals(type));
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", "GET")
-                .queryString("mode", "principal")
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo-request-info", HTTP_METHOD_GET)
+                .queryString(QUERY_STRING_MODE, "principal")
                 .authorizerPrincipal(USER_PRINCIPAL);
 
         AwsProxyResponse resp = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ public void queryParam_encoding_expectUnencodedParam() {
             e.printStackTrace();
             fail("Could not decode parameter");
         }
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", "GET").queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, decodedParam);
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", HTTP_METHOD_GET).queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, decodedParam);
 
         AwsProxyResponse resp = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
         assertEquals(200, resp.getStatusCode());
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ public void queryParam_encoding_expectUnencodedParam() {
     public void queryParam_encoding_expectEncodedParam() {
         assumeTrue("API_GW".equals(type));
         String paramValue = "p%2Fz%2B3";
-        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", "GET").queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, paramValue);
+        AwsProxyRequestBuilder request = new AwsProxyRequestBuilder("/echo", HTTP_METHOD_GET).queryString(QUERY_STRING_KEY, paramValue);
 
         AwsProxyResponse resp = executeRequest(request, lambdaContext);
         assertEquals(200, resp.getStatusCode());
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ private void validateMapResponseModel(AwsProxyResponse output, String key, Strin
             TypeReference<HashMap<String, Object>> typeRef
                     = new TypeReference<HashMap<String, Object>>() {
             };
-            HashMap<String, Object> response = objectMapper.readValue(output.getBody(), typeRef);
+            HashMap<String, Object> response = OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(output.getBody(), typeRef);
             assertNotNull(response.get(key));
             assertEquals(value, response.get(key));
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ private void validateMapResponseModel(AwsProxyResponse output, String key, Strin
     private void validateSingleValueModel(AwsProxyResponse output, String value) {
         try {
             assertNotNull(output.getBody());
-            assertEquals(value, objectMapper.readerFor(String.class).readValue(output.getBody()));
+            assertEquals(value, OBJECT_MAPPER.readerFor(String.class).readValue(output.getBody()));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             fail("Exception while parsing response body: " + e.getMessage());
diff --git a/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55ed0d21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws-serverless-java-container-struts/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration packages="com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.log4j2.LambdaAppender">
+    <Appenders>
+        <Lambda name="Lambda">
+            <PatternLayout>
+                <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %X{AWSRequestId} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n</pattern>
+            </PatternLayout>
+        </Lambda>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="com.opensymphony.xwork2" level="warn"/>
+        <Logger name="org.apache.struts2" level="warn"/>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="Lambda"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/build.gradle b/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/build.gradle
index 240979c70..b44a7dfa8 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/build.gradle
+++ b/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/build.gradle
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-api'
     exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-to-slf4j'
   }
-  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin:2.5.30') {
+  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin:6.0.3') {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.struts', module: 'struts2-core'
   }
-  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin:2.5.30') {
+  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin:6.0.3') {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.struts', module: 'struts2-core'
   }
-  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-bean-validation-plugin:2.5.30') {
+  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-bean-validation-plugin:6.0.3') {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.struts', module: 'struts2-core'
   }
-  implementation ('com.jgeppert.struts2:struts2-aws-lambda-support-plugin:1.3.0') {
+  implementation ('com.jgeppert.struts2:struts2-aws-lambda-support-plugin:1.4.0') {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.struts', module: 'struts2-core'
   }
-  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-core:2.5.30') {
+  implementation ('org.apache.struts:struts2-core:6.0.3') {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-api'
   }
-  implementation ('org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:5.4.3.Final')
+  implementation ('org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:6.1.7.Final')
   implementation ('com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.3')
   implementation ('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.2')
   implementation ('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.2')
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation ('com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.1')
 
   testImplementation('junit:junit:4.13.2')
-  testImplementation('org.apache.struts:struts2-junit-plugin:2.5.30') {
+  testImplementation('org.apache.struts:struts2-junit-plugin:6.0.3') {
     exclude group: 'org.apache.struts', module: 'struts2-core'
   }
 }
diff --git a/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 05685d6d3..e9d3b8b40 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -15,12 +15,19 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <struts.version>2.5.30</struts.version>
+        <struts.version>6.0.3</struts.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.3</jackson.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>struts-staging</id>
+            <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
@@ -63,14 +70,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-aws-lambda-support-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.0</version>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- bean validation based on hibernate validators-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>5.4.3.Final</version>
+            <version>6.1.7.Final</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -88,6 +95,11 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>\${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
+            <version>\${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/struts.xml b/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/struts.xml
index 5b86eb974..f6975ffd0 100644
--- a/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/struts.xml
+++ b/aws-serverless-struts-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/struts.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <!-- Use Jackson lib as content handler for all JSON requests -->
     <bean type="org.apache.struts2.rest.handler.ContentTypeHandler" name="jackson"
-          class="org.apache.struts2.rest.handler.JacksonLibHandler"/>
+          class="org.apache.struts2.rest.handler.JacksonJsonHandler"/>
     <constant name="struts.rest.handlerOverride.json" value="jackson"/>
 
     <!-- Set to false if the json content can be returned for any kind of http method -->
diff --git a/samples/struts/pet-store/build.gradle b/samples/struts/pet-store/build.gradle
index 1d734194c..a28ffc6c3 100644
--- a/samples/struts/pet-store/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/struts/pet-store/build.gradle
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
   implementation (
           'com.amazonaws.serverless:aws-serverless-java-container-struts2:[1.0,)',
-          'org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin:2.5.30',
-          'org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin:2.5.30',
-          'org.apache.struts:struts2-bean-validation-plugin:2.5.30',
-          'org.apache.struts:struts2-junit-plugin:2.5.30',
-          'com.jgeppert.struts2:struts2-aws-lambda-support-plugin:1.3.0',
-          'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:5.4.3.Final',
+          'org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin:6.0.3',
+          'org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin:6.0.3',
+          'org.apache.struts:struts2-bean-validation-plugin:6.0.3',
+          'org.apache.struts:struts2-junit-plugin:6.0.3',
+          'com.jgeppert.struts2:struts2-aws-lambda-support-plugin:1.4.0',
+          'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:6.1.7.Final',
           'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.3',
           'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.2',
           'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.2',
diff --git a/samples/struts/pet-store/pom.xml b/samples/struts/pet-store/pom.xml
index 751fa1a57..bb307b015 100644
--- a/samples/struts/pet-store/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/struts/pet-store/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <struts.version>2.5.30</struts.version>
+        <struts.version>6.0.3</struts.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.3</jackson.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jgeppert.struts2</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-aws-lambda-support-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.0</version>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- bean validation based on hibernate validators-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>5.4.3.Final</version>
+            <version>6.1.7.Final</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>