diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c2f54f4c..658cb0d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.5"
+version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3a6c9af12842a67734c9a2e355436e5d03b22383ed60cf13cd0c18fbfe3dcbcf"
+checksum = "8f43644eed690f5374f1af436ecd6aea01cd201f6fbdf0178adaf6907afb2cec"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tokio",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower 0.5.1",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a15c63fd72d41492dc4f497196f5da1fb04fb7529e631d73630d1b491e47a2e3"
+checksum = "5e6b8ba012a258d63c9adfa28b9ddcf66149da6f986c5b5452e629d5ee64bf00"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
- "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -224,11 +224,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-macros"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00c055ee2d014ae5981ce1016374e8213682aa14d9bf40e48ab48b5f3ef20eaa"
+checksum = "57d123550fa8d071b7255cb0cc04dc302baa6c8c4a79f55701552684d8399bce"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
@@ -236,9 +235,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-test"
-version = "15.7.1"
+version = "15.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05de9a36258224d347fb3c474737dee7543fe4c7ccebabd472d9151f730f5dcd"
+checksum = "f0c97bb6939ddcf3a94450a46839b57efc010dacd4ab9e462026ffbbf4e48492"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "auto-future",
@@ -383,9 +382,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.17"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e5a21b8495e732f1b3c364c9949b201ca7bae518c502c80256c96ad79eaf6ac"
+checksum = "b0956a43b323ac1afaffc053ed5c4b7c1f1800bacd1683c353aabbb752515dd3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -393,9 +392,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.17"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cf2dd12af7a047ad9d6da2b6b249759a22a7abc0f474c1dae1777afa4b21a73"
+checksum = "4d72166dd41634086d5803a47eb71ae740e61d84709c36f3c34110173db3961b"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -405,11 +404,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.13"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "501d359d5f3dcaf6ecdeee48833ae73ec6e42723a1e52419c79abf9507eec0a0"
+checksum = "4ac6a0c7b1a9e9a5186361f67dfa1b88213572f427fb9ab038efb2bd8c582dab"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
@@ -832,12 +831,6 @@ version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heck"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1875,18 +1868,18 @@ checksum = "3369f5ac52d5eb6ab48c6b4ffdc8efbcad6b89c765749064ba298f2c68a16a76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.63"
+version = "1.0.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0342370b38b6a11b6cc11d6a805569958d54cfa061a29969c3b5ce2ea405724"
+checksum = "d50af8abc119fb8bb6dbabcfa89656f46f84aa0ac7688088608076ad2b459a84"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.63"
+version = "1.0.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4558b58466b9ad7ca0f102865eccc95938dca1a74a856f2b57b6629050da261"
+checksum = "08904e7672f5eb876eaaf87e0ce17857500934f4981c4a0ab2b4aa98baac7fc3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2069,7 +2062,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2085,13 +2077,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
+checksum = "41515cc9e193536d93fd0dbbea0c73819c08eca76e0b30909a325c3ec90985bb"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f70ecc8c..f0969200 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ authors = ["DaSCH - Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities"]
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 async-trait = "0.1.82"
-axum = "0.7.5" # web framework
-axum-macros = "0.4.1"
-clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["derive"] } # command-line parser
+axum = "0.7.6" # web framework
+axum-macros = "0.4.2"
+clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] } # command-line parser
 config = "0.14.0" # Layered configuration with strong support for 12-factor applications
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 dirs = "5.0.1" # provides platform-specific locations for storing user configuration
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ valico = "4.0.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tokio-test = "0.4.4"
 tower = "0.5.1"
-tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["trace", "fs", "cors"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["trace", "fs", "cors"] }
 hyper = "1.4.1"
 regex = "1.10.6"
-thiserror = "1.0.63"
+thiserror = "1.0.64"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = [
   "fmt",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ url = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0.16"
-axum-test = "15.7.1"
+axum-test = "15.7.3"
 fake = "2.9.2"
 
 [[bin]]