diff --git a/blackbox-test-cascade/pom.xml b/blackbox-test-cascade/pom.xml
index 808fc28c..b963e7bb 100644
--- a/blackbox-test-cascade/pom.xml
+++ b/blackbox-test-cascade/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/blackbox-test/pom.xml b/blackbox-test/pom.xml
index 6c3124c9..20efc0a7 100644
--- a/blackbox-test/pom.xml
+++ b/blackbox-test/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/json-core/pom.xml b/json-core/pom.xml
index 68465984..6a97395e 100644
--- a/json-core/pom.xml
+++ b/json-core/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/json-node/pom.xml b/json-node/pom.xml
index 7148a742..a44f4b2b 100644
--- a/json-node/pom.xml
+++ b/json-node/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jsonb-generator/pom.xml b/jsonb-generator/pom.xml
index 66053b8f..59aadc0f 100644
--- a/jsonb-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-generator/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <name>avaje jsonb generator</name>
   <description>annotation processor generating source code json adapters for avaje-jsonb</description>
   <properties>
-    <avaje.prisms.version>1.44-RC3</avaje.prisms.version>
+    <avaje.prisms.version>1.44-RC4</avaje.prisms.version>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml b/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml
index ff2f049d..99c837d5 100644
--- a/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml b/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml
index 244081ec..4849f014 100644
--- a/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml b/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml
index 10dd2415..fec48ce9 100644
--- a/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.7</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb/pom.xml b/jsonb/pom.xml
index eadc88a5..bc8ecb8a 100644
--- a/jsonb/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>