diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index be00075da2..ce0f06bed9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -2569,30 +2569,30 @@ under the License.
 
         <!-- findbugs successor, spotbugs ... need to use the dependencies used in the spotbugs release. -->
         <!-- compare with the entries found in the MANIFEST.MF of spotbugs.jar -->
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs" artifact="com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs:4.7.3" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="spotbugs.jar"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs-ant" artifact="com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-ant:4.7.3" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="spotbugs-ant.jar"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs-anno" artifact="com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.7.3" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="spotbugs-annotations.jar"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm:9.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-analysis" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-analysis:9.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-commons" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:9.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-tree" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:9.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-util" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-util:9.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs" artifact="com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs:4.8.6" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="spotbugs.jar"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs-ant" artifact="com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-ant:4.8.6" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="spotbugs-ant.jar"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs-anno" artifact="com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.8.6" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="spotbugs-annotations.jar"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm:9.7" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-analysis" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-analysis:9.7" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-commons" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:9.7" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-tree" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:9.7" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.asm-util" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-util:9.7" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.jsr305" artifact="com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.dom4j" artifact="org.dom4j:dom4j:2.1.3" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.jaxen" artifact="jaxen:jaxen:1.2.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.bcel" artifact="org.apache.bcel:bcel:6.5.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.commons-lang" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.dom4j" artifact="org.dom4j:dom4j:2.1.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.jaxen" artifact="jaxen:jaxen:2.0.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.bcel" artifact="org.apache.bcel:bcel:6.9.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.13" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.commons-lang" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.14.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.commons-text" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.10.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.commons-codec" artifact="commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.commons-logging" artifact="commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.jcip-annotations" artifact="net.jcip:jcip-annotations:1.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.icu4j" artifact="com.ibm.icu:icu4j:68.2" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="icu4j-68.2.jar"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-api" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.19.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.19.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-slf4j18-impl" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:2.19.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.saxon" artifact="net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:11.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.xmlresolver" artifact="org.xmlresolver:xmlresolver:4.2.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-api" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.23.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.23.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-slf4j18-impl" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:2.23.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.saxon" artifact="net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:12.4" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.xmlresolver" artifact="org.xmlresolver:xmlresolver:5.2.2" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
 
         <mkdir dir="${basedir}${spotbugs.lib}/config"/>