diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 237c26c78d..00b18b7101 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
         <maven-plugin-tools.version>3.6.4</maven-plugin-tools.version>
         <jbool.version>1.23</jbool.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.github.microutils</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kotlin-logging-jvm</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.21</version>
+                <version>2.1.23</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifestEntries>