diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32365e8..2c13402 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.12</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.23.1</version>
+            <version>2.24.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1</version>
+            <version>4.2.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.17.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <rulesUri>file:///${project.basedir}/versions-ruleset.xml</rulesUri>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
@@ -228,16 +236,16 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.2</version>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.8.11</version>
+                    <version>0.8.12</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.2</version>
+                    <version>3.2.7</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
@@ -246,7 +254,7 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.12.1</version>
+                    <version>3.20.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -254,30 +262,30 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.3</version>
+                    <version>3.10.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.1.3</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.4.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
                     </configuration>
diff --git a/versions-ruleset.xml b/versions-ruleset.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba148a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions-ruleset.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ruleset comparisonMethod="maven"
+         xmlns="https://www.mojohaus.org/VERSIONS/RULE/2.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.mojohaus.org/VERSIONS/RULE/2.1.0 https://www.mojohaus.org/versions/versions-model/xsd/rule-2.1.0.xsd">
+    <ignoreVersions>
+        <!-- Ignore Alpha's, Beta's, release candidates and milestones -->
+        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*alpha(-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*beta(-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*rc(-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+        <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?i).*m(-?\d+)?</ignoreVersion>
+    </ignoreVersions>
+    <rules>
+        <!-- You can add more specific rules here -->
+    </rules>
+</ruleset>
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