diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f35abc44e..320e336129 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 
         <!-- JDBC drivers for jOOQ-xyz-extensions modules and vendor-specific API access -->
         <postgres.version>42.5.4</postgres.version>
-        <sqlserver.version>11.2.1.jre11</sqlserver.version>
-        <oracle.version>21.7.0.0</oracle.version>
+        <sqlserver.version>12.2.0.jre11</sqlserver.version>
+        <oracle.version>21.9.0.0</oracle.version>
 
         <!-- R2DBC SPI version and some matching driver versions -->
         <io.r2dbc.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</io.r2dbc.version>
 
         <!-- From JDK 19 onwards, this is the required version of Xtend -->
-        <xtend.version>2.29.0</xtend.version>
+        <xtend.version>2.30.0</xtend.version>
 
         <!-- From JDK 11 onwards, we need to depend on the JAXB API explicitly -->
         <jaxb.version>3.0.0</jaxb.version>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <jakarta.persistence-api.version>3.0.0</jakarta.persistence-api.version>
 
         <!-- Examples and/or extension modules use these dependencies -->
-        <hibernate.version>5.6.14.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.6.15.Final</hibernate.version>
         <liquibase.version>4.17.2</liquibase.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.20</spring.version>
         <spring.boot.version>2.6.1</spring.boot.version>
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
                 <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
                 <artifactId>reactor-test</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Data binding -->
@@ -341,14 +341,14 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.19.0</version>
+                <version>2.20.0</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.19.0</version>
+                <version>2.20.0</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.firebirdsql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>firebird-testcontainers-java</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.0</version>
+                <version>1.3.0</version>
             </dependency>