diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cb28566eb..831dc3761 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ configure(project.fineractJavaProjects) {
     // Configuration for the Checkstyle plugin
     // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/checkstyle_plugin.html
     dependencies {
-        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.3.3'
+        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.3.4'
         checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.42.0'
     }
 
diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index 85941b0e0..51b2c12f6 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ configurations {
     driver
 }
 dependencies {
-    driver 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.7'
+    driver 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.8'
     driver 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.5.0'
     driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.30'
 }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ bootRun {
     ]
 
     dependencies {
-        implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.7'
+        implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.8'
         implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.5.0'
     }
 }
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ jib {
     allowInsecureRegistries = true
 
     dependencies {
-        implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.7'
+        implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.8'
         implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.5.0'
     }
 
diff --git a/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle b/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 932425afc..789685b25 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:9.0.65@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.68@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'io.cucumber:cucumber-spring',
diff --git a/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle b/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 079fdd32c..7aa508437 100644
--- a/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.65@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.68@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$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 55204de91..c5629a57a 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:9.0.65@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.68@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api',
diff --git a/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle b/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 5938f5d42..369e68d64 100644
--- a/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.65@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.68@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api',