diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 48b58f7..9b9b03e 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 			src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/ruleengine/util/**
 		</sonar.exclusions>
 		<java.version>18</java.version>
-		<maven.compiler.version>3.10.1</maven.compiler.version>
+		<maven.compiler.version>3.13.0</maven.compiler.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<junit>4.12</junit>
-		<log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
-			<artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>ojdbc11</artifactId>
+			<version>23.6.0.24.10</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.modelmapper</groupId>
 			<artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.0</version>
+			<version>3.2.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
          <dependency>
 		    <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.11.0</version>
+		    <version>2.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.hibernate.orm.tooling</groupId>
 						<artifactId>hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>6.1.1.Final</version>
+						<version>6.6.5.Final</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<configuration>