diff --git a/build/parents/build/pom.xml b/build/parents/build/pom.xml
index 52b606053c6..e8c62a41395 100644
--- a/build/parents/build/pom.xml
+++ b/build/parents/build/pom.xml
@@ -126,19 +126,16 @@
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
 
         <!-- >>> Common -->
-        <!--
-            NOTE: with the next upgrade of the log4j (to 2.24.1+) *REMOVE* the additional jspecify dependency added to the JPMS tests
-        -->
-        <version.log4j>2.24.0</version.log4j>
+        <version.log4j>2.24.1</version.log4j>
         <version.junit>4.13.2</version.junit>
-        <version.junit-jupiter>5.11.0</version.junit-jupiter>
+        <version.junit-jupiter>5.11.1</version.junit-jupiter>
         <version.junit-platform-suite-engine>1.10.0</version.junit-platform-suite-engine>
         <version.org.osgi.core>6.0.0</version.org.osgi.core>
         <!-- Make sure to update Ryuk container version in `ryuk.Dockerfile` whenever updating testcontainers to align it with the lib. -->
-        <version.testcontainers>1.20.1</version.testcontainers>
+        <version.testcontainers>1.20.2</version.testcontainers>
 
         <version.org.hamcrest>3.0</version.org.hamcrest>
-        <version.org.mockito>5.13.0</version.org.mockito>
+        <version.org.mockito>5.14.1</version.org.mockito>
         <version.org.assertj.assertj-core>3.26.3</version.org.assertj.assertj-core>
         <!-- NOTE: Remove a Dependabot rule for 4.2.1 once the upgrade can be applied -->
         <version.org.awaitily>4.2.2</version.org.awaitily>
diff --git a/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 16c05cd7323..5645609dd2a 100644
--- a/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -72,15 +72,6 @@
             <version>${version.jakarta.enterprise}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!--
-            NOTE: Remove this dependency once the Log4j2 is updated to 2.24.1+
-        -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-outbox-polling-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-outbox-polling-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 268f9f8297f..34181332a73 100644
--- a/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-outbox-polling-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/integrationtest/java/modules/orm-outbox-polling-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -90,16 +90,6 @@
             <version>${version.jakarta.enterprise}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!--
-            NOTE: Remove this dependency once the Log4j2 is updated to 2.24.1+
-        -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/integrationtest/java/modules/pojo-standalone-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/integrationtest/java/modules/pojo-standalone-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index fa231f695ad..420fe31941d 100644
--- a/integrationtest/java/modules/pojo-standalone-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/integrationtest/java/modules/pojo-standalone-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-search-util-internal-integrationtest-mapper-pojo-standalone</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!--
-            NOTE: Remove this dependency once the Log4j2 is updated to 2.24.1+
-        -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61d004115d5..94f02909825 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
         <version.japicmp.plugin>0.23.0</version.japicmp.plugin>
         <version.nexus-staging.plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus-staging.plugin>
         <version.deploy.plugin>3.1.3</version.deploy.plugin>
-        <version.gpg.plugin>3.2.6</version.gpg.plugin>
+        <version.gpg.plugin>3.2.7</version.gpg.plugin>
         <version.flatten-maven-plugin>1.6.0</version.flatten-maven-plugin>
         <version.assembly.plugin>3.7.1</version.assembly.plugin>
         <version.buildhelper.plugin>3.6.0</version.buildhelper.plugin>
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
         <version.sonar.plugin>4.0.0.4121</version.sonar.plugin>
         <version.scripting.plugin>3.0.0</version.scripting.plugin>
         <version.org.apache.groovy.groovy-jsr223>4.0.13</version.org.apache.groovy.groovy-jsr223>
-        <version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>10.18.1</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>
+        <version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>10.18.2</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>
         <version.versions.plugin>2.17.1</version.versions.plugin>
         <version.maven-wrapper-plugin>3.3.2</version.maven-wrapper-plugin>
         <version.impsort-maven-plugin>1.12.0</version.impsort-maven-plugin>