diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 624fb397e1..d1333f25fe 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     antLibs("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.10.0")
-    antLibs("org.apache.ant:ant-junitlauncher:1.10.12")
+    antLibs("org.apache.ant:ant-junitlauncher:1.10.14")
 }
 
 ant.taskdef(name: "junit",
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ subprojects {
         hamcrestVersion = '2.2'
         xmlbeansVersion = '5.1.1'
         batikVersion = '1.17'
-        graphics2dVersion = '0.43'
-        pdfboxVersion = '2.0.29'
+        graphics2dVersion = '3.0.0'
+        pdfboxVersion = '3.0.0'
         saxonVersion = '11.5'
         apiGuardianVersion = '1.1.2'
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ subprojects {
         all {
             resolutionStrategy {
                 force "commons-io:commons-io:${commonsIoVersion}"
-                force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.7'
+                force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.9'
                 force 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.5.1'
             }
         }
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a5030bb588..529f4ca6d4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-transcoder" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-transcoder:1.17" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-util" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:1.17" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-xml" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:1.17" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.29" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.fontbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:2.0.29" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.graphics2d" artifact="de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d:0.43" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.0" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.fontbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:3.0.0" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.graphics2d" artifact="de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d:3.0.0" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
 
     <!-- jars in the ooxml-lib directory, see the fetch-ooxml-jars target-->
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.curvesapi" artifact="com.github.virtuald:curvesapi:1.08" usage="ooxml"/>
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.reflections" artifact="org.reflections:reflections:0.10.2" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.guava" artifact="com.google.guava:guava:32.1.1-jre" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.javassist" artifact="org.javassist:javassist:3.27.0-GA" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.7" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.9" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.opczip" artifact="com.github.rzymek:opczip:1.2.0" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
 
     <!-- coverage libs -->
diff --git a/poi-excelant/build.gradle b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
index 9c14fe26a3..c8dd00fed3 100644
--- a/poi-excelant/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sourceSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.12'
+    api 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.14'
 
     api project(':poi-ooxml')
     compileOnly project(path: ':poi-ooxml', configuration: 'archives')
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:32.1.1-jre'
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 }
 
diff --git a/poi-integration/build.gradle b/poi-integration/build.gradle
index bc2a70d058..c3d700356f 100644
--- a/poi-integration/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-integration/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sourceSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.12'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.14'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.4'
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:32.1.1-jre'
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation project(path: ':poi-ooxml-lite-agent', configuration: 'archives')
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 }
 
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
index 5f2eaa1eed..9b4bd4a09c 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ dependencies {
     // prevent slf4j warnings coming from xmlsec -> slf4j-api 1.7.x dependency
     // see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-slf4j-impl/
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9'
 
     broken("org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-script:${batikVersion}"){
         exclude group: 'xalan', module: 'xalan'
diff --git a/poi/build.gradle b/poi/build.gradle
index bf54b17b0a..c3d6587a5f 100644
--- a/poi/build.gradle
+++ b/poi/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
     api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${log4jVersion}"
 
     testImplementation 'org.reflections:reflections:0.10.2'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.12'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.14'
 
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${junitVersion}"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${junitVersion}"