diff --git a/AdapQuestBackend/pom.xml b/AdapQuestBackend/pom.xml
index 7cf5e7c..9a28a1b 100644
--- a/AdapQuestBackend/pom.xml
+++ b/AdapQuestBackend/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>adapquest</artifactId>
 		<groupId>ch.idsia.adaptive</groupId>
-		<version>1.6</version>
+		<version>1.6.1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
+				<version>2.7.10</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<fork>true</fork>
 					<mainClass>ch.idsia.adaptive.backend.AdapQuestBackend</mainClass>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 				<!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7.3</version>
+				<version>2.7.10</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-			<version>42.5.0</version>
+			<version>42.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.30</version>
+			<version>8.0.32</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-math3 -->
diff --git a/AdapQuestExchange/pom.xml b/AdapQuestExchange/pom.xml
index 37e5298..fec108f 100644
--- a/AdapQuestExchange/pom.xml
+++ b/AdapQuestExchange/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>adapquest</artifactId>
 		<groupId>ch.idsia.adaptive</groupId>
-		<version>1.6</version>
+		<version>1.6.1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/AdapQuestExperiments/pom.xml b/AdapQuestExperiments/pom.xml
index 735c9bc..7e3faa0 100644
--- a/AdapQuestExperiments/pom.xml
+++ b/AdapQuestExperiments/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>adapquest</artifactId>
 		<groupId>ch.idsia.adaptive</groupId>
-		<version>1.6</version>
+		<version>1.6.1</version>
 	</parent>
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fa13799..16d0fca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build stage
-FROM maven:3.6.3-openjdk-11-slim AS build
+FROM maven:3.8.7-openjdk-18-slim AS build
 
 # create working directory for building
 WORKDIR /build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ COPY AdapQuestExperiments/src AdapQuestExperiments/src
 RUN mvn clean install package -Dmaven.test.skip
 
 # Package stage
-FROM openjdk:11-jre-slim
+FROM openjdk:18.0-slim
 
 # create app directory
 WORKDIR /adaptive
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e525733..50c6c98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<groupId>ch.idsia.adaptive</groupId>
 	<artifactId>adapquest</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>1.6</version>
+	<version>1.6.1</version>
 	<modules>
 		<module>AdapQuestBackend</module>
 		<module>AdapQuestExchange</module>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<adapquest.version>1.6</adapquest.version>
+		<adapquest.version>1.6.1</adapquest.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>