diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3cbd1de44..c58e7fee7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
         <artifactId>vertx-stack-depchain</artifactId>
-        <version>5.0.12</version>  <!-- also update depending versions below! -->
+        <version>5.1.1</version>  <!-- also update depending versions below! -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
         <artifactId>micrometer-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.16.3</version>  <!-- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-micrometer-metrics/blob/master/pom.xml#L39 -->
+        <version>1.16.5</version>  <!-- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-micrometer-metrics/blob/master/pom.xml#L39 -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
         <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.8</version>  <!-- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-hazelcast/blob/master/pom.xml#L24 -->
+        <version>5.6.0</version>  <!-- https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-hazelcast/blob/master/pom.xml#L24 -->
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- END: versions that depend on the vertx-stack-depchain version -->
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.3</version>
+        <version>6.1.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
         <artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.4</version>
+        <version>2.0.5</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>