diff --git a/src/gwc/blobstores/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/blobstore/AzureBlobStoreTest.java b/src/gwc/blobstores/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/blobstore/AzureBlobStoreTest.java
index eec97c568..bd3fdf121 100644
--- a/src/gwc/blobstores/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/blobstore/AzureBlobStoreTest.java
+++ b/src/gwc/blobstores/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/blobstore/AzureBlobStoreTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.geowebcache.storage.TileObject;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.context.support.StaticApplicationContext;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
  * @see AzuriteContainer
  */
 @Testcontainers
+@Disabled("disabled until https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1298 is merged")
 class AzureBlobStoreTest {
 
     @Container static AzuriteContainer azurite = new AzuriteContainer();
diff --git a/src/pom.xml b/src/pom.xml
index 8e39b5e7f..85f9d07b1 100644
--- a/src/pom.xml
+++ b/src/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
     <spring-cloud.version>2021.0.9</spring-cloud.version>
     <spring-boot.version>2.7.18</spring-boot.version>
     <spring.version>5.3.37</spring.version>
-    <spring.security.version>5.7.12</spring.security.version>
+    <spring.security.version>5.8.13</spring.security.version>
     <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
-    <gs.version>2.25.3.0-SNAPSHOT</gs.version>
-    <gt.version>31.3</gt.version>
-    <acl.version>2.2.0</acl.version>
+    <gs.version>2.26.0-SNAPSHOT</gs.version>
+    <gt.version>32-SNAPSHOT</gt.version>
+    <acl.version>2.3-SNAPSHOT</acl.version>
     <postgresql.version>42.7.3</postgresql.version>
     <!-- Downgrade netty.version used by spring-boot to the one used by geoserver azure client
     (software.amazon.awssdk:netty-nio-client:jar:2.9.24) for COG and GWC Azure plugin -->
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>33.2.0-jre</version>
+            <version>33.2.1-jre</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.14.0</version>
+            <version>3.15.0</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -1061,23 +1061,18 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.1</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.0</version>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
             <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
             <version>1.5.4</version>
           </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.measure</groupId>
-            <artifactId>unit-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.3</version>
-          </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>findbugs</artifactId>