diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 19206abd4..21407a949 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ configure(project.fineractJavaProjects) {
     // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/checkstyle_plugin.html
     dependencies {
         checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.5.0'
-        checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.43.0'
+        checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.44.0'
     }
 
     // Configuration for JaCoCo code coverage task
diff --git a/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle b/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 7cff69752..517bc74eb 100644
--- a/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.70@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'io.cucumber:cucumber-spring',
diff --git a/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle b/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 85c597a8e..7dbbe0b3f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.70@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             project(path: ':fineract-avro-schemas', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
diff --git a/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle b/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle
index b886631c3..36f104e15 100644
--- a/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.70@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api',
diff --git a/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle b/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
index b51fcbe13..88960f747 100644
--- a/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.70@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api',