diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0610b6eb..391fcd3c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jib {
 project.ext {
   mongoDbDriverVersion = "5.1.0"
   slf4jVersion = "2.0.13"
-  operatorFrameworkVersion = "4.9.0"
+  operatorFrameworkVersion = "4.9.1"
   kubernetesServerMockVersion = "6.12.1" // align with transitive dependency of operator framework
   mockitoVersion = "5.2.0"
   jacksonVersion = "2.17.1"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.1.Final'
   implementation 'jakarta.el:jakarta.el-api:6.0.0'
   implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.78.1'
-  implementation "io.javalin:javalin:6.1.4", {
+  implementation "io.javalin:javalin:6.1.6", {
     // self managed to avoid conflicts
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
     // conflict with Kotlin version in Okio 3.9.0
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation enforcedPlatform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.2")
   testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
   testImplementation 'org.junit-pioneer:junit-pioneer:2.2.0'
-  testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.25.3', {
+  testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.0', {
     // conflict of 1.12.10 in assertj vs 1.12.13 in mockito-core
     exclude group: "net.bytebuddy", module: "byte-buddy"
     exclude group: "net.bytebuddy", module: "byte-buddy-agent"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ dependencies {
     // CVE-2024-25710 + CVE-2024-26308 in transitive version 1.25.0
     exclude group: "org.apache.commons", module: "commons-compress"
   }
-  testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.26.1'
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.26.2'
   testImplementation "org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-legacy:${mongoDbDriverVersion}"
   testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter:${mockitoVersion}", {
     // conflict of 1.14.1 and 1.14.7 in uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter