diff --git a/coherence-hibernate-cache-store-tests/src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml b/coherence-hibernate-cache-store-tests/src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml
index ea83251528..a8e5b07910 100644
--- a/coherence-hibernate-cache-store-tests/src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml
+++ b/coherence-hibernate-cache-store-tests/src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
 
 <!--
-  Copyright (c) 2013, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+  Copyright (c) 2013, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
   Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
   https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 -->
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <property name="connection.password"></property>
 
         <!-- JDBC connection pool (use the built-in) -->
-        <property name="connection.pool_size">1</property>
+        <property name="connection.pool_size">10</property>
 
         <!-- SQL dialect -->
         <property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect</property>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b0d5e2050..d83bc470e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
-  Copyright (c) 2013, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+  Copyright (c) 2013, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
   Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
   https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 -->
@@ -111,17 +111,17 @@
         <spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>0.0.39</spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>
 
         <!-- dependency versions (alphabetically) -->
-        <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.25.2</assertj.version>
         <coherence.groupId>com.oracle.coherence.ce</coherence.groupId>
         <coherence.version>23.03</coherence.version>
-        <hibernate6.version>6.2.6.Final</hibernate6.version>
-        <hibernate53.version>5.6.12.Final</hibernate53.version>
+        <hibernate6.version>6.4.2.Final</hibernate6.version>
+        <hibernate53.version>5.6.15.Final</hibernate53.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <junit5.version>5.9.3</junit5.version>
-        <logback.version>1.4.8</logback.version>
-        <mockito.version>4.8.1</mockito.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
+        <junit5.version>5.10.1</junit5.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.14</logback.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.10.0</mockito.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/samples/coherence-hibernate-demo/pom.xml b/samples/coherence-hibernate-demo/pom.xml
index 4d86151bc3..a974a428ba 100644
--- a/samples/coherence-hibernate-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/coherence-hibernate-demo/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
-  Copyright (c) 2022, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+  Copyright (c) 2022, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
   Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
   https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 -->
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<coherence.hibernate.root>${basedir}/../..</coherence.hibernate.root>
-		<spring-boot.version>3.1.6</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>3.1.8</spring-boot.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>