diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 81193a9f2f1..7ce2cb25d18 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 				entry 'aspectjtools'
 				entry 'aspectjweaver'
 			}
-			dependencySet(group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', version: '3.0.8') {
+			dependencySet(group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', version: '3.0.9') {
 				entry 'groovy'
 				entry 'groovy-jsr223'
 				entry 'groovy-templates'  // requires findbugs for warning-free compilation
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.2.21"
 			dependency "io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.1"
 			dependency "io.smallrye.reactive:mutiny:1.0.0"
-			dependency "io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound:1.0.4.RELEASE"
+			dependency "io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound:1.0.6.RELEASE"
 
 			dependency "com.caucho:hessian:4.0.63"
 			dependency "com.fasterxml:aalto-xml:1.3.0"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 				exclude group: "stax", name: "stax-api"
 			}
 			dependency "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.8"
-			dependency "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.17.3"
+			dependency "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.18.0"
 			dependency "com.googlecode.protobuf-java-format:protobuf-java-format:1.4"
 			dependency("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.18") {
 				exclude group: "xpp3", name: "xpp3_min"
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.29"
 
 			dependency "com.h2database:h2:1.4.200"
-			dependency "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:2.9.1"
+			dependency "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:2.9.2"
 			dependency "com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.26"
-			dependency "com.rometools:rome:1.15.0"
+			dependency "com.rometools:rome:1.16.0"
 			dependency "commons-io:commons-io:2.5"
 			dependency "io.vavr:vavr:0.10.3"
 			dependency "net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.4"
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			dependency "org.webjars:webjars-locator-core:0.47"
 			dependency "org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.3"
 
-			dependencySet(group: 'org.apache.tomcat', version: '9.0.52') {
+			dependencySet(group: 'org.apache.tomcat', version: '9.0.53') {
 				entry 'tomcat-util'
 				entry('tomcat-websocket') {
 					exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", name: "tomcat-websocket-api"
 					exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", name: "tomcat-servlet-api"
 				}
 			}
-			dependencySet(group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', version: '9.0.52') {
+			dependencySet(group: 'org.apache.tomcat.embed', version: '9.0.53') {
 				entry 'tomcat-embed-core'
 				entry 'tomcat-embed-websocket'
 			}