diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 3f8ca317ea1..9783e2a9aaa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Auto approve
-        uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v2.2.1
+        uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v2.4.0
         if: steps.waitforstatuschecks.outputs.status == 'success'
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 830991e02c4..b27ee3aad08 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.tika', name: 'tika-core', version: '2.4.1'
 
     // required for reading write-protected PDFs - see https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/942#issuecomment-209252635
-    implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.71'
+    implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.71.1'
 
     implementation 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.5.0'
 
-    implementation 'org.libreoffice:libreoffice:7.3.5'
-    implementation 'org.libreoffice:unoloader:7.3.5'
+    implementation 'org.libreoffice:libreoffice:7.4.0'
+    implementation 'org.libreoffice:unoloader:7.4.0'
 
     implementation 'io.github.java-diff-utils:java-diff-utils:4.12'
     implementation 'info.debatty:java-string-similarity:2.0.0'
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation group: 'org.mariadb.jdbc', name: 'mariadb-java-client', version: '2.7.6'
 
-    implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.4.1'
+    implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.4.2'
 
     implementation ('com.oracle.ojdbc:ojdbc10:19.3.0.0') {
         // causing module issues
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.15.1'
     implementation 'com.konghq:unirest-java:3.13.10'
 
-    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0-beta1'
-    implementation "org.tinylog:tinylog-api:2.4.1"
-    implementation "org.tinylog:slf4j-tinylog:2.4.1"
-    implementation "org.tinylog:tinylog-impl:2.4.1"
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0'
+    implementation "org.tinylog:tinylog-api:2.5.0"
+    implementation "org.tinylog:slf4j-tinylog:2.5.0"
+    implementation "org.tinylog:tinylog-impl:2.5.0"
 
     implementation 'de.undercouch:citeproc-java:3.0.0-alpha.6'
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 7a8603ed300..a8c68783372 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.h2database:h2-mvstore:2.1.214'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-csv:1.9.0'
-    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0-beta1'
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0'
 }
 
 sourceSets{