diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/pom.xml
index 577736a324..601d0341a3 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/pom.xml
@@ -15,30 +15,20 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0-b180725.0427</version>
+            <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.xml.bind-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jmh-core.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
-            <version>${jmh-generator.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
@@ -57,7 +47,8 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
+        <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.0</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/src/test/java/com/baeldung/base64encodinganddecoding/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/src/test/java/com/baeldung/base64encodinganddecoding/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java
index 6f8a17e316..491574f0f1 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/src/test/java/com/baeldung/base64encodinganddecoding/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations/src/test/java/com/baeldung/base64encodinganddecoding/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.baeldung.base64encodinganddecoding;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;