diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6bce9426..ad2d29ce 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ jobs:
     docker:
       - image: circleci/openjdk:11-jdk-browsers
 
-  test-semerujdk11:
-    <<: *java-base-test
-    docker:
-      - image: ibm-semeru-runtimes:open-11.0.15_10-jdk-centos7
-
   publish:
     <<: *java-base-test
     docker:
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ workflows:
       - test-jdklatest
       - test-jdk11
       - test-jdk8
-      - test-semerujdk11
   static_analysis:
     jobs:
       - test
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b7f9d87..c1287393 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
-    <kotlin.version>1.7.0</kotlin.version>
-    <spotless.version>2.23.0</spotless.version>
+    <kotlin.version>1.7.10</kotlin.version>
+    <spotless.version>2.24.0</spotless.version>
     <retrofit.version>2.9.0</retrofit.version>
     <auto.version>1.9</auto.version>
 
     <findbugs.version>3.0.1</findbugs.version>
-    <gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.9.1</gson.version>
     <okhttp.version>4.10.0</okhttp.version>
     <logging.version>4.10.0</logging.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
     <backo.version>1.0.0</backo.version>
-    <spring.boot.version>2.7.1</spring.boot.version>
+    <spring.boot.version>2.7.2</spring.boot.version>
     <docopt.version>0.6.0.20150202</docopt.version>
 
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->