diff --git a/backend-java/pom.xml b/backend-java/pom.xml
index ed683fd4..3a988ebf 100644
--- a/backend-java/pom.xml
+++ b/backend-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
   <artifactId>quickstart-openshift-backends</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <properties>
-    <compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</compiler-plugin.version>
+    <compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
     <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus.platform.group-id>
-    <quarkus.platform.version>3.10.1</quarkus.platform.version>
+    <quarkus.platform.version>3.11.2</quarkus.platform.version>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
-    <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</surefire-plugin.version>
+    <surefire-plugin.version>3.3.0</surefire-plugin.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.instancio</groupId>
       <artifactId>instancio-junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.2</version>
+      <version>4.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.datafaker</groupId>
       <artifactId>datafaker</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.0</version>
+      <version>2.2.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>