diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a29bca03d0..f42b89a643 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dist: trusty
 group: beta
 install: true
 addons:
-  firefox: "56.0"
+  firefox: "60.0.2"
   apt:
     packages:
     - google-chrome-stable
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cache:
 env:
   global:
     - MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024M -Xss128M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
-    - GECKODRIVER_VERSION="0.19.0"
+    - GECKODRIVER_VERSION="0.21.0"
     - CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE)
     - FIREFOX_BIN=$(which firefox)
     - SELENIUM_BROWSER=firefox
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9aa33405eb..a4c1fd7ee9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <hk2.version>2.5.0-b61</hk2.version>
     <httpcomponents.version>4.5.5</httpcomponents.version>
     <httpcore.version>4.4.9</httpcore.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.9.5</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.9.6</jackson.version>
     <java.target.version>1.8</java.target.version>
     <!-- jersey 2.26, 2.27 leaks database connections and has CDI problems -->
     <jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.target.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     <node.version>v6.9.1</node.version>
     <pmd.failOnViolation>false</pmd.failOnViolation>
-    <selenium.version>3.11.0</selenium.version>
+    <selenium.version>3.12.0</selenium.version>
     <site.suffix />
-    <swagger.version>2.0.1</swagger.version>
+    <swagger.version>2.0.2</swagger.version>
     <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
     <xalan.version>2.7.2</xalan.version>
     <yarn.version>v0.24.6</yarn.version>
@@ -738,12 +738,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
         <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2</version>
+        <version>2.8.5</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        <version>24.1-jre</version>
+        <version>25.1-jre</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.3.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
         <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.0</version>
+        <version>1.10.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.platform.yui</groupId>
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.bit3</groupId>
         <artifactId>jsass</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.6</version>
+        <version>5.7.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-        <version>1.16.1</version>
+        <version>1.17</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
         <artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
-        <version>7.3.0</version>
+        <version>7.3.1</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bibsonomy</groupId>
         <artifactId>bibsonomy-bibtex-parser</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.10</version>
+        <version>3.8.11</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>jtidy</groupId>
@@ -1331,8 +1331,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.tmatesoft.svnkit</groupId>
         <artifactId>svnkit</artifactId>
-        <!-- 1.9.1 locks in junit tests -->
-        <version>1.8.14</version>
+        <version>1.9.3</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.trilead</groupId>
@@ -1424,7 +1423,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
         <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.8</version>
+        <version>3.2.0</version>
         <scope>runtime</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1569,7 +1568,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
         <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>