diff --git a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
index 5e677d563..999194b62 100644
--- a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>9.5.0</version>
+            <version>9.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
diff --git a/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml b/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml
index ff5eb7a16..41076f74e 100644
--- a/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/proberapp_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>9.5.0</version>
+            <version>9.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4da67a0e..27f2a4e1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.20.0</version>
+        <version>1.21.0</version>
       </dependency>
        <!-- test dependencies -->
       <dependency>