diff --git a/dependency-suppressions.xml b/dependency-suppressions.xml
index 0b7969ae..d9909b8d 100644
--- a/dependency-suppressions.xml
+++ b/dependency-suppressions.xml
@@ -27,4 +27,25 @@
         <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.yaml/snakeyaml@.*$</packageUrl>
         <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2022-1471</vulnerabilityName>
     </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        Vulnerability in C++ gRPC implementation
+        ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentelemetry\.instrumentation/opentelemetry\-grpc\-1\.6@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cve>CVE-2023-33953</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        Vulnerability in C++ gRPC implementation
+        ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/io\.opentelemetry\.instrumentation/opentelemetry\-grpc\-1\.6@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cve>CVE-2023-32732</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        Vulnerability in CouchDB itself, not cloudant client API
+        ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/com\.ibm\.cloud/cloudant(-common)?@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cve>CVE-2023-26268</cve>
+    </suppress>
 </suppressions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdfbd791..3764ba22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-        <javadoc.version>3.4.1</javadoc.version>
+        <javadoc.version>3.5.0</javadoc.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cucumber-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>7.11.2</version>
+                <version>7.13.0</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>5.9.2</version>
+                <version>5.10.0</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@
         <dependency><!-- override the version under cloudant-client -->
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15</version>
+            <version>1.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ibm.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>cloudant</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.0</version>
+            <version>0.5.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -134,16 +134,16 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.5</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- see http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.10.1</version>
+                    <version>3.11.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <source>${javaVersion}</source>
                         <target>${javaVersion}</target>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                    <version>3.1.2</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <excludes>
                             <exclude>**/scenario/**</exclude>
@@ -224,11 +224,34 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.1</version>
+                    <version>3.1.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>enforce-version</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>enforce</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <rules>
+                                    <requireJavaVersion>
+                                        <version>${javaVersion}</version>
+                                    </requireJavaVersion>
+                                    <requireMavenVersion>
+                                        <version>3.2.5</version>
+                                    </requireMavenVersion>
+                                </rules>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -265,7 +288,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -306,7 +329,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.0</version>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                             <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
@@ -318,7 +341,7 @@
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                                <version>10.9.3</version>
+                                <version>10.12.2</version>
                             </dependency>
                         </dependencies>
                         <executions>
@@ -341,7 +364,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                         <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                        <version>8.2.1</version>
+                        <version>8.3.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <skipProvidedScope>true</skipProvidedScope>
                             <skipTestScope>true</skipTestScope>
@@ -377,7 +400,7 @@
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.6.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <descriptorRefs>
                                 <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -395,7 +418,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <version>3.1.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>