diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 4eb5e79dcc..fd3d65cd29 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-         <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+         <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-         <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+         <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
       </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index b3d94017cc..5ade03a331 100644
--- a/data-model/pom.xml
+++ b/data-model/pom.xml
@@ -193,14 +193,6 @@
             <artifactId>tika-parsers-standard-package</artifactId>
             <version>${dependency.tika.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>bcmail-jdk15on</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>asm</groupId>
                     <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
@@ -224,10 +216,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcmail-jdk15to18</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/mmt/pom.xml b/mmt/pom.xml
index de821837a5..d2c2c13801 100644
--- a/mmt/pom.xml
+++ b/mmt/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.schlichtherle.truezip</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9e73dfb56..442e137902 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <dependency.cxf.version>4.0.2</dependency.cxf.version>
         <dependency.opencmis.version>1.0.0-jakarta-1</dependency.opencmis.version>
         <dependency.webscripts.version>9.0</dependency.webscripts.version>
-        <dependency.bouncycastle.version>1.76</dependency.bouncycastle.version>
+        <dependency.bouncycastle.version>1.77</dependency.bouncycastle.version>
         <dependency.mockito-core.version>5.4.0</dependency.mockito-core.version>
         <dependency.assertj.version>3.24.2</dependency.assertj.version>
         <dependency.org-json.version>20231013</dependency.org-json.version>
@@ -81,15 +81,14 @@
         <dependency.slf4j.version>2.0.9</dependency.slf4j.version>
         <dependency.log4j.version>2.20.0</dependency.log4j.version>
         <dependency.groovy.version>3.0.19</dependency.groovy.version>
-        <dependency.tika.version>2.4.1</dependency.tika.version>
+        <dependency.tika.version>2.9.1</dependency.tika.version>
         <dependency.truezip.version>7.7.10</dependency.truezip.version>
-        <dependency.poi.version>5.2.2</dependency.poi.version>
-        <dependency.poi-ooxml-lite.version>5.2.3</dependency.poi-ooxml-lite.version>
+        <dependency.poi.version>5.2.5</dependency.poi.version>
         <dependency.jboss.logging.version>3.5.0.Final</dependency.jboss.logging.version>
         <dependency.camel.version>4.0.0</dependency.camel.version> <!-- when bumping this version, please keep track/sync with included netty.io dependencies -->
         <dependency.netty.version>4.1.96.Final</dependency.netty.version> <!-- must be in sync with camels transitive dependencies, e.g.: netty-common -->
         <dependency.activemq.version>5.18.3</dependency.activemq.version>
-        <dependency.apache-compress.version>1.24.0</dependency.apache-compress.version>
+        <dependency.apache-compress.version>1.25.0</dependency.apache-compress.version>
         <dependency.awaitility.version>4.2.0</dependency.awaitility.version>
         <dependency.swagger-ui.version>3.38.0</dependency.swagger-ui.version>
         <dependency.swagger-parser.version>1.0.67</dependency.swagger-parser.version>
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-                <version>5.1.1</version>
+                <version>5.2.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.json</groupId>
@@ -650,17 +649,17 @@
             <!-- Enforce newer version -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bcmail-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>bcmail-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -1111,10 +1110,10 @@
                                             <exclude>com.sun.xml.bind</exclude>
                                         </excludes>
                                         <includes>
-                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18:[1.74,)</include>
-                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk15to18:[1.74,)</include>
-                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15to18:[1.74,)</include>
-                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk15to18:[1.74,)</include>
+                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:[1.77,)</include>
+                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk18on:[1.77,)</include>
+                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:[1.77,)</include>
+                                            <include>org.bouncycastle:bcutil-jdk18on:[1.77,)</include>
                                         </includes>
                                     </bannedDependencies>
                                 </rules>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index 6ecc9d8c5e..972779e172 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15to18</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf</groupId>
@@ -299,17 +299,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
             <version>${dependency.poi.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>poi-ooxml-schemas</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>poi-ooxml-lite</artifactId>
-            <version>${dependency.poi-ooxml-lite.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>