diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c6ac484d6..d614fc7e1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'signing'
   id 'pmd' // code check, working on source code
   id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.25.0' //code format
-  id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.20' // code check, working on byte code
+  id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.22' // code check, working on byte code
   id 'de.undercouch.download' version '5.6.0'
   id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation
   id 'jacoco' // java code coverage plugin
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ext {
   //version (changing these should be considered thoroughly!)
   javaVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
   groovyVersion = "4.0"
-  groovyBinaryVersion = "4.0.22"
+  groovyBinaryVersion = "4.0.23"
   testcontainersVersion = '1.20.1'
 
   scriptsLocation = 'gradle' + File.separator + 'scripts' + File.separator //location of script plugins
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
   }
 
-  implementation 'org.locationtech.jts.io:jts-io-common:1.19.0'
+  implementation 'org.locationtech.jts.io:jts-io-common:1.20.0'
 
   // Graphs
   implementation 'org.jgrapht:jgrapht-core:1.5.2'
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation "org.testcontainers:couchbase:$testcontainersVersion"
 
   // logging
-  implementation platform('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.23.1')
+  implementation platform('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.24.0')
   implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api' // log4j
   implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core' // log4j
   implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl' // log4j -> slf4j