diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 246bea995f..9272efc691 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         classpath 'org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle:sonarqube-gradle-plugin:3.3'
-        classpath 'de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:3.1'
-        classpath 'gradle.plugin.com.github.spotbugs.snom:spotbugs-gradle-plugin:4.7.3'
+        classpath 'de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:3.2'
+        classpath 'gradle.plugin.com.github.spotbugs.snom:spotbugs-gradle-plugin:4.7.5'
     }
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ subprojects {
         commonsCompressVersion = '1.21'
         commonsIoVersion = '2.11.0'
         commonsMathVersion = '3.6.1'
-        junitVersion = '5.7.2'
+        junitVersion = '5.8.1'
         log4jVersion = '2.14.1'
         mockitoVersion = '3.12.4'
         hamcrestVersion = '2.2'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7dca2e679c..1c4d0e00c0 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -280,15 +280,15 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="main.junit-plauncher" artifact="org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.7.1" usage="main-tests"/>
 
 
-    <dependency prefix="main.jmh" artifact="org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.27" usage="main-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="main.jmhAnnotation" artifact="org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.27" usage="main-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.jmh" artifact="org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.33" usage="main-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.jmhAnnotation" artifact="org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.33" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.hamcrest" artifact="org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.xmlunit" artifact="org.xmlunit:xmlunit-core:2.8.2" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.mockito" artifact="org.mockito:mockito-core:3.6.28" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.10.19" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy-agent" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.10.19" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.objenesis" artifact="org.objenesis:objenesis:3.1" usage="main-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="main.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.14.0" usage="main-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.14.1" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-logging" artifact="commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" usage="main-tests"/>
 
     <dependency prefix="main.ant" artifact="org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.9" usage="excelant"/>
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
index 81dd5f65d2..5e2edf6f24 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(path:':poi-ooxml-lite-agent', configuration: 'archives')
     testImplementation 'org.xmlunit:xmlunit-core:2.8.2'
     testImplementation 'org.reflections:reflections:0.9.12'
-    testImplementation 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.32'
-    testImplementation 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.32'
+    testImplementation 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.33'
+    testImplementation 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.33'
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1.1-jre'
     testImplementation 'org.tukaani:xz:1.9'