diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 00f7bbb49d39..4091d7584bc7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ plugins {
     id "idea"
     id "jacoco"
     id "org.springframework.boot" version "${spring_boot_version}"
-    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.6"
+    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.7"
     id "com.google.cloud.tools.jib" version "3.4.4"
     id "com.github.node-gradle.node" version "${gradle_node_plugin_version}"
     id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.25.0"
@@ -384,6 +384,13 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module: "spring-boot-starter-undertow"
     }
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat:${spring_boot_version}"
+
+    // Avoid security issues in Tomcat 10.1.33
+    implementation "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcat_version}"
+    implementation "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:${tomcat_version}"
+    implementation "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:${tomcat_version}"
+    implementation "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-annotations-api:${tomcat_version}"
+
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-websocket:${spring_boot_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf:${spring_boot_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-resource-server:${spring_boot_version}"
@@ -400,7 +407,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-config:${spring_cloud_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-commons:${spring_cloud_version}"
 
-    implementation "io.netty:netty-all:4.1.115.Final"
+    implementation "io.netty:netty-all:4.1.116.Final"
     implementation "io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty:1.2.1"
     implementation "org.springframework:spring-messaging:${spring_framework_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.retry:spring-retry:2.0.11"
@@ -451,7 +458,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.apfloat:apfloat:1.14.0"
 
     // use newest version of guava to avoid security issues through outdated dependencies
-    implementation "com.google.guava:guava:33.3.1-jre"
+    implementation "com.google.guava:guava:33.4.0-jre"
     implementation "com.sun.activation:jakarta.activation:2.0.1"
 
     // use newest version of gson to avoid security issues through outdated dependencies
@@ -607,7 +614,7 @@ tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 }
 
 wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = "8.12-rc-1"
+    gradleVersion = "8.12-rc-2"
 }
 
 tasks.register("stage") {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index de944d16001d..c110eb971ddc 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jhipster_dependencies_version=8.7.2
 spring_boot_version=3.4.0
 spring_framework_version=6.2.1
 spring_cloud_version=4.2.0
-spring_security_version=6.4.1
+spring_security_version=6.4.2
 # TODO: upgrading to 6.6.x currently leads to issues due to internal changes in Hibernate and potentially wrong use in Artemis server code
 hibernate_version=6.4.10.Final
 # TODO: can we update to 5.x?
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ jwt_version=0.12.6
 jaxb_runtime_version=4.0.5
 hazelcast_version=5.5.0
 fasterxml_version=2.18.2
-jgit_version=7.1.0.202411261347-r
+# TODO: 7.1.0 includes bugs related to git diffs, therefore we cannot update
+jgit_version=7.0.0.202409031743-r
 sshd_version=2.14.0
 checkstyle_version=10.21.0
 jplag_version=5.1.0
@@ -32,13 +33,14 @@ liquibase_version=4.30.0
 docker_java_version=3.4.1
 logback_version=1.5.12
 java_parser_version=3.26.2
-byte_buddy_version=1.15.10
+byte_buddy_version=1.15.11
 netty_version=4.1.115.Final
+tomcat_version=10.1.34
 
 # testing
 # make sure both versions are compatible
 junit_version=5.11.3
-junit_platform_version=1.11.3
+junit_platform_version=1.11.4
 mockito_version=5.14.2
 testcontainer_version=1.20.4
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9e40988550fd..fb4b1a2e2ced 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-rc-1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-rc-2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME