diff --git a/check.xml b/check.xml
index c72f3e8b46..ca52fb0c9f 100644
--- a/check.xml
+++ b/check.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
<target name="init-ivy">
- <property name="ivy.version" value="2.4.0"/>
+ <property name="ivy.version" value="2.5.0"/>
<property name="ivy.jar.url" value="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.version}/ivy-${ivy.version}.jar"/>
<property name="ivy.jar.dir" value="${build.dir}/ivy"/>
<property name="ivy.jar.file" value="${ivy.jar.dir}/ivy.jar"/>
diff --git a/lib/libraries.properties b/lib/libraries.properties
index 4cad5ec059..87fe3cc4d7 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.properties
+++ b/lib/libraries.properties
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ netrexx.sha256=1f99f054e9b1e412d29823088f3fa7cfce90a7af25d907a60a6d7908a6b97ea4
# Versions of different libraries. Please keep in alphabetical order, except
# when a specific dependency forces them to be out-of-order
-ivy.version=2.4.0
+ivy.version=2.5.0
ant-antunit.version=1.4
antlr.version=2.7.7
-bcel.version=6.2
+bcel.version=6.4.1
bsf.version=2.4.0
bsh.version=2.0b5
commons-net.version=3.6
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ hamcrest-core.version=1.3
hamcrest-library.version=${hamcrest-core.version}
jai-core.version=1.1.3
jai-codec.version=1.1.3
+jakarta.mail.version=1.6.4
jakarta-regexp.version=1.4
# Later versions of Tomcat provide a jspc task
jasper-compiler.version=4.1.36
jasper-runtime.version=${jasper-compiler.version}
-jakarta.mail.version=1.6.3
jdepend.version=2.9.1
jruby.version=1.6.8
-junit.version=4.12
-rhino.version=1.7.10
+junit.version=4.13
+rhino.version=1.7.11
junit-platform-launcher.version=1.2.0
# Only used for internal tests in Ant project
junit-vintage-engine.version=5.2.0
diff --git a/lib/optional/junit-4.12.jar b/lib/optional/junit-4.12.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a7fc266c3..0000000000
Binary files a/lib/optional/junit-4.12.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/optional/junit-4.13.jar b/lib/optional/junit-4.13.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acc3c4320b
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/optional/junit-4.13.jar differ
diff --git a/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html b/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
index 99e61a6508..dc244f470d 100644
--- a/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
+++ b/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ <h2 id="config-files">Configuration files</h2>
<h2 id="junit">Testing the class</h2>
<p>In this step we will introduce the usage of the JUnit [3] test framework in combination with Ant. Because Ant has a
-built-in JUnit 4.12 you could start directly using it. Write a test class
+built-in JUnit 4.13 you could start directly using it. Write a test class
in <samp>src\oata\HelloWorldTest.java</samp>:</p>
<pre>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml
index ca842da430..5320ad242c 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-apache-bcel/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
<artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
- <version>6.2</version>
+ <version>6.4.1</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml
index 43c9e8ce67..61ed3419cd 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-javamail/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/m
See https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/mail/ -->
<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>jakarta.mail</artifactId>
- <version>1.6.3</version>
+ <version>1.6.4</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
index 394b2d3e7e..ce8f2137ad 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/m
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
- <version>4.12</version>
+ <version>4.13</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml
index 74e8d0c371..8c897f40a2 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
- <version>4.12</version>
+ <version>4.13</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
index 96a06ab173..fe3adc9ee6 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
- <version>4.12</version>
+ <version>4.13</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
index 9b964eeb37..5f3a590404 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
- <version>4.12</version>
+ <version>4.13</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>