diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc5bfeac..9d025fcd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.3.3</version>
+		<version>3.5.3</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.33</version>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+			<version>9.3.0</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.8.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-    					<source>1.8</source>
-    					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>3.13.0</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<source>${java.version}</source>
+						<target>${java.version}</target>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/bankapp/config/SecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/example/bankapp/config/SecurityConfig.java
index 4dbd1572..21d37290 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/bankapp/config/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/bankapp/config/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebSecurity
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Excepti
                 .logout(logout -> logout
                         .invalidateHttpSession(true)
                         .clearAuthentication(true)
-                        .logoutRequestMatcher(new AntPathRequestMatcher("/logout"))
+                        .logoutUrl("/logout")
                         .logoutSuccessUrl("/login?logout")
                         .permitAll()
                 )
@@ -57,4 +56,4 @@ public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception
         auth.userDetailsService(accountService).passwordEncoder(passwordEncoder());
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 08663a63..97d40e36 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 
 # JPA & Hibernate configuration
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 spring.jpa.show-sql=true