diff --git a/jgroups-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/jgroups-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 8806be0..d5f4221 100644
--- a/jgroups-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/jgroups-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
                 <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.0</version>
+                <version>0.8.0</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index daf9145..86a3111 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <spring.boot.version>2.7.18</spring.boot.version>
 
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.0</log4j.version>
 
         <findbugs-jsr305.version>3.0.2</findbugs-jsr305.version>
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.13.1</junit.jupiter.version>
         <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
         <!-- Build / Plugin -->
-        <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.7.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
+        <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.8.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven.version>0.8.13</jacoco-maven.version>
         <maven-assembly.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly.version>
         <maven-clean.version>3.5.0</maven-clean.version>