diff --git a/authorization-service/pom.xml b/authorization-service/pom.xml
index 224042110c96b532644f0d6a57c5d0e9f4095d09..899f45ae1c7930d6b23c28fb0e0f9175ca53619b 100644
--- a/authorization-service/pom.xml
+++ b/authorization-service/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2-authorization-server</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.2</version>
+            <version>1.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/award-service/pom.xml b/award-service/pom.xml
index e2bad8d9026cb0d2c563b9624e7b572d5e00b82e..f4ea7f780abfa1e1bab4a77f46fed0a45701642d 100644
--- a/award-service/pom.xml
+++ b/award-service/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.9</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/belt-service/src/test/resources/application.yml b/belt-service/src/test/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f4cea5d64ea9b1257c3f14830ff1c1ff503370fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/belt-service/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+eureka:
+  client:
+    service-url:
+      defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka
+spring:
+  cloud:
+    config:
+      enabled: false
+  data:
+    mongodb:
+      uri: mongodb://localhost:27017/belt-service
+server:
+  port: 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 373b664b02755c52e47ebbf94d42751e0552b071..87ba6256ef1dd5bf6435f0bec17439633ef0bb37 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.6</version>
+        <version>3.1.5</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.coderdojo</groupId>
     <artifactId>zen</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
-        <sonar.organization>coderdojo-ennis</sonar.organization>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -46,11 +45,24 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.yaml/snakeyaml -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
             <version>2.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+            <version>1.74</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -58,21 +70,21 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
                 <artifactId>micrometer-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>1.11.0</version>
+                <version>1.11.5</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>2022.0.2</version>
+                <version>2022.0.4</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
                 <artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>1.16.3</version>
+                <version>1.19.1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -92,17 +104,17 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.0-M7</version>
+                <version>4.0.0-M11</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.pitest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pitest-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>1.13.0</version>
+                <version>1.15.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.9</version>
+                <version>0.8.11</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -121,7 +133,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
-                <version>3.9.1.2184</version>
+                <version>3.10.0.2594</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
@@ -136,12 +148,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>google_checks.xml</configLocation>
                 </configuration>
@@ -149,7 +161,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>11</source>
                     <additionalOptions>-package</additionalOptions>
@@ -158,7 +170,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                <version>7.4.1</version>
+                <version>8.4.2</version>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
                         <reports>
@@ -170,7 +182,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.7.3.0</version>
+                <version>4.7.3.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <plugins>
                         <plugin>
@@ -184,12 +196,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.19.0</version>
+                <version>3.21.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                <version>3.2.1</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>