diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1aadf7d7d..df09a6ba0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target.version>1.8</maven.compiler.target.version>
 		<surefire.version>2.22.1</surefire.version>
 		<allure.version>2.10.0</allure.version>
-		<cucumber.version>4.2.3</cucumber.version>
+		<cucumber.version>4.3.0</cucumber.version>
 		<log4j.version>2.11.1</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
 			<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-			<version>1.23</version>
+			<version>1.24</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>27.0.1-jre</version>
+			<version>27.1-jre</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.codeborne</groupId>
 			<artifactId>selenide</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.0</version>
+			<version>5.2.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<version>3.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.25</version>
+			<version>1.7.26</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Test only dependencies -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/xceptance/neodymium/util/WebDriverUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/xceptance/neodymium/util/WebDriverUtils.java
index 716e0c298..54544a971 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/xceptance/neodymium/util/WebDriverUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/xceptance/neodymium/util/WebDriverUtils.java
@@ -75,7 +75,16 @@ public static void setUpWithBrowserTag(Scenario scenario)
      **/
     public static void tearDown(Scenario scenario)
     {
-        browserStatement.get().teardown(scenario.isFailed());
+        tearDown(scenario.isFailed());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param isFailed
+     *            boolean to pass if the test failed in order to use Neodymium's keepBrowserOpenOnFailure feature
+     **/
+    public static void tearDown(boolean isFailed)
+    {
+        browserStatement.get().teardown(isFailed);
     }
 
     static String getFirstMatchingBrowserTag(Scenario scenario)