diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 39e924ce..00272911 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.trove4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>trove4j</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.3</version>
+            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.2</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.8.1</version>
+                        <version>2.1.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>11</source>
-                    <target>11</target>
+                    <source>21</source>
+                    <target>21</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10</version>
+                <version>2.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <extraJvmArguments>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</extraJvmArguments>
                     <programs>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.5</version>
+                <version>4.9.10</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>get-the-git-infos</id>