diff --git a/elemental-parent/pom.xml b/elemental-parent/pom.xml
index 889c198ad8..c5095b5d81 100644
--- a/elemental-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/elemental-parent/pom.xml
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
         <sonar.moduleKey>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</sonar.moduleKey>
 
         <!-- Dependencies -->
-        <junit.platform.version>1.14.0</junit.platform.version>
-        <junit.jupiter.version>5.14.0</junit.jupiter.version>
+        <junit.platform.version>1.14.1</junit.platform.version>
+        <junit.jupiter.version>5.14.1</junit.jupiter.version>
         <objenesis.version>3.4</objenesis.version>
         <jaxb.api.version>3.0.1</jaxb.api.version>
         <jaxb.impl.version>3.0.2</jaxb.impl.version>
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <inherited>true</inherited>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.6.2</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -137,7 +143,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.2</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifest>
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifest>
@@ -282,7 +288,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.code54.mojo</groupId>
@@ -320,7 +326,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                         <tagNameFormat>elemental-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
@@ -367,7 +373,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.19.1</version>
+                    <version>2.20.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -446,6 +452,26 @@
         </pluginManagement>
 
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-maven-version</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <version>3.9.0</version>
+                                </requireMavenVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                            <fail>true</fail>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -719,4 +745,4 @@
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/exist-core/pom.xml b/exist-core/pom.xml
index 9071782816..2f789fe9ba 100644
--- a/exist-core/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-core/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.0</version>
+            <version>2.20.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>1.82</version>
+            <version>1.83</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.uuid</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-uuid-generator</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.1</version>
+            <version>5.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-pool2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
+            <version>2.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/exist-distribution/pom.xml b/exist-distribution/pom.xml
index 7c5c6551ce..0591da0225 100644
--- a/exist-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -712,9 +712,9 @@
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.exist-db.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>public-xar-repo-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.0</version>
+                <groupId>com.evolvedbinary.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>expath-package-repository-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>fetch-xars</id>
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <repoUri>${public.xar.repo.uri}</repoUri>
                             <outputDirectory>${expath.pkg.dir}</outputDirectory>
-                            <existDbVersion>${project.version}</existDbVersion>
+                            <elementalVersion>${project.version}</elementalVersion>
                             <packages>
                                 <package>
                                     <abbrev>dashboard</abbrev>
diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index 1f6b0bcf58..946dca5fda 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <icu.version>59.1</icu.version>
         <izpack.version>5.2.4</izpack.version>
         <jline.version>3.30.6</jline.version>
-        <lz4-java.version>1.8.0</lz4-java.version>
+        <lz4-java.version>1.8.1</lz4-java.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.58.v20250814</jetty.version>
         <log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
         <lucene.version>4.10.4</lucene.version>
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.19.0</version>
+                <version>1.20.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.0</version>
+                <version>2.21.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <archive>
                             <manifest>
diff --git a/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml b/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
index 0eab95204b..eefdb55b69 100644
--- a/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.27.1</version>
+            <version>1.28.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>