diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fcf52736013..cf87093c26a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			mavenBom "org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.0-RC1"
 		}
 		dependencies {
-			dependencySet(group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', version: '2.17.2') {
+			dependencySet(group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', version: '2.18.0') {
 				entry 'log4j-api'
 				entry 'log4j-core'
 				entry 'log4j-jul'
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.19.3"
 			dependency "com.googlecode.protobuf-java-format:protobuf-java-format:1.4"
 			dependency "com.thoughtworks.qdox:qdox:2.0.1"
-			dependency("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.18") {
+			dependency("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.19") {
 				exclude group: "xpp3", name: "xpp3_min"
 				exclude group: "xmlpull", name: "xmlpull"
 			}
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "org.ogce:xpp3:1.1.6"
 			dependency "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.30"
 
-			dependency "com.h2database:h2:2.1.212"
+			dependency "com.h2database:h2:2.1.214"
 			dependency "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.1.1"
-			dependency "com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.28"
+			dependency "com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.29"
 			dependency "com.rometools:rome:1.18.0"
 			dependency "commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0"
 			dependency "io.vavr:vavr:0.10.4"
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 				entry 'undertow-websockets-jsr-jakarta'
 			}
 
-			dependency "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient:3.0.5"
+			dependency "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient:3.0.6"
 			dependency 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.1.3'
 			dependency 'org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5-reactive:5.1.3'
 			dependency("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.13") {
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			}
 			dependency "io.mockk:mockk:1.12.1"
 
-			dependency("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.62.0") {
+			dependency("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.63.0") {
 				exclude group: "commons-logging", name: "commons-logging"
 			}
-			dependency("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:2.62.0") {
+			dependency("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:2.63.0") {
 				exclude group: "commons-logging", name: "commons-logging"
 			}
 			dependency("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:3.141.59") {
diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AbstractAspectJAdvice.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AbstractAspectJAdvice.java
index 02037e0400a..1d7c74b811e 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AbstractAspectJAdvice.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AbstractAspectJAdvice.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence
 	 * to which argument name. There are multiple strategies for determining
 	 * this binding, which are arranged in a ChainOfResponsibility.
 	 */
-	public final synchronized void calculateArgumentBindings() {
+	public final void calculateArgumentBindings() {
 		// The simple case... nothing to bind.
 		if (this.argumentsIntrospected || this.parameterTypes.length == 0) {
 			return;