diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 75f599df3..d508f932c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: update apt-get
           command: sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
+      - run:
+          name: update java
+          command: echo $JAVA_HOME; java --version; which java; wget https://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk21.0.2/f2283984656d49d69e91c558476027ac/13/GPL/openjdk-21.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz; sudo tar -xvf openjdk-21.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/jvm;  ls -l /usr/lib/jvm; export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-21.0.2; echo $PATH; echo $JAVA_HOME; export PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-21.0.2/bin:$PATH; which java
       - run:
           name: Install setuptools in python 2
           command: sudo apt-get -y install python-pip
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       # Use mvn clean and package as the standard maven build phase
       - run:
           name: Build
-          command: mvn -B -DskipTests clean package
+          command: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-21.0.2; echo $PATH; echo $JAVA_HOME; export PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-21.0.2/bin:$PATH; echo $JAVA_HOME; which java; mvn --version; mvn -B -DskipTests clean package
       # Then run your tests!
       - run:
           name: Test
diff --git a/gene/pom.xml b/gene/pom.xml
index d4d8edc35..f1b5b1932 100644
--- a/gene/pom.xml
+++ b/gene/pom.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f96adc97..8fb8de9ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+    <version>2.7.18</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
-    <spring.version>5.2.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.31</spring.version>
     <jackson.version>2.11.2</jackson.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <maven.compiler.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.version>
-    <maven.compiler.java.source>11</maven.compiler.java.source>
-    <maven.compiler.java.target>11</maven.compiler.java.target>
+    <maven.compiler.java.source>21</maven.compiler.java.source>
+    <maven.compiler.java.target>21</maven.compiler.java.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13</version>
+      <version>4.13.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/redcap/pom.xml b/redcap/pom.xml
index 77b33e49b..c3d3b0365 100644
--- a/redcap/pom.xml
+++ b/redcap/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>redcap-pipeline-shade-jar</id>