diff --git a/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 8a83815..50bd051 100644
--- a/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <springboot.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</springboot.version>
-        <resteasy.version>4.3.1.Final</resteasy.version>
+        <resteasy.version>4.4.0.Final</resteasy.version>
         <resteasy.jackson.version>2.10.0</resteasy.jackson.version>
         <modular.jdk.args/>
         <modular.jdk.props/>
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@
                     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -161,6 +165,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -385,6 +393,16 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
             <version>5.5.2</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.13</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/sample-app-no-jaxrs-application/pom.xml b/sample-app-no-jaxrs-application/pom.xml
index d2abc60..164fd11 100644
--- a/sample-app-no-jaxrs-application/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-app-no-jaxrs-application/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <resteasy.version>4.3.1.Final</resteasy.version>
+        <resteasy.version>4.4.0.Final</resteasy.version>
         <springboot.version>2.1.9.RELEASE</springboot.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/sample-app/pom.xml b/sample-app/pom.xml
index 8587d1d..7040ed4 100644
--- a/sample-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-app/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <resteasy.version>4.3.1.Final</resteasy.version>
+        <resteasy.version>4.4.0.Final</resteasy.version>
         <springboot.version>2.1.9.RELEASE</springboot.version>
     </properties>