diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3bcf09..bcd0de4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <release>17</release>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -116,10 +116,21 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <!-- we need to control the bytebuddy being brought in by mockito-inline, to move it
+            to a version which support JDK21 which starts at 1.14.17+ -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+                <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+                <version>1.14.17</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.gerrit</groupId>
@@ -135,7 +146,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.24</version>
+            <version>1.18.34</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -153,7 +164,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.1</version>
+            <version>5.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>