diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6296546..c22eb4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 /info.txt
 cf.yml
 /docs/apidocs/javadoc.sh
+/.claude/settings.local.json
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ab992e..78a49df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@
         <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
 
         <!-- 3rd party dependencies -->
-        <jackson.version>2.21.1</jackson.version>
-        <httpclient5.version>5.5.1</httpclient5.version>
-        <lombok.version>1.18.36</lombok.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-        <logback-classic.version>1.5.25</logback-classic.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.22.0</jackson.version>
+        <httpclient5.version>5.6.2</httpclient5.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.46</lombok.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
+        <logback-classic.version>1.5.37</logback-classic.version>
         <junit5.version>5.14.2</junit5.version>
-        <mockito-junit5.version>5.21.0</mockito-junit5.version>
-
+        <mockito-junit5.version>5.23.0</mockito-junit5.version>
         <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>24.0.1</version>
+            <version>26.1.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.13.0</version>
+                <version>3.14.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.2</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnError>false</failOnError>
                     <failOnWarnings>false</failOnWarnings>
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@
                 <!-- generates the code coverage report for sonar cube -->
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.13</version>
+                <version>0.8.15</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>prepare-agent</id>
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@
                 <!-- to export test summary -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-delomboked-sources</id>