diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fe1c9e2f9d8d..339abaed3836 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-core:${spring_security_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-client:${spring_security_version}"
     // use newest version of nimbus-jose-jwt to avoid security issues through outdated dependencies
-    implementation "com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:9.48"
+    implementation "com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:10.0.1"
 
     implementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-jose:${spring_security_version}"
     implementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto:${spring_security_version}"
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:${spring_boot_version}"
     testImplementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-test:${spring_security_version}"
     testImplementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-test:${spring_boot_version}"
-    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.0"
+    testImplementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.2"
     testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:${mockito_version}"
     testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter:${mockito_version}"
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "com.h2database:h2:2.2.224"
 
     // Lightweight JSON library needed for the internals of the MockRestServiceServer
-    testImplementation "org.json:json:20240303"
+    testImplementation "org.json:json:20241224"
 
     // NOTE: make sure this corresponds to the version used for JUnit in the testImplementation
     testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:${junit_platform_version}"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 646b23dcf6fa..37430dbcce1e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jplag_version=5.1.0
 # NOTE: we cannot need to use the latest version 9.x or 10.x here as long as Stanford CoreNLP does not reference it
 lucene_version=8.11.4
 slf4j_version=2.0.16
-sentry_version=7.19.1
+sentry_version=7.20.0
 liquibase_version=4.30.0
 docker_java_version=3.4.1
 logback_version=1.5.15
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mysql_version=9.1.0
 # make sure both versions are compatible
 junit_version=5.11.3
 junit_platform_version=1.11.4
-mockito_version=5.14.2
+mockito_version=5.15.2
 testcontainer_version=1.20.4
 
 # gradle plugin version
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/java/test/gradle/projectTemplate/build.gradle b/src/main/resources/templates/java/test/gradle/projectTemplate/build.gradle
index b099c0b33b67..611ce8468738 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/java/test/gradle/projectTemplate/build.gradle
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/java/test/gradle/projectTemplate/build.gradle
@@ -115,17 +115,15 @@ configurations {
     behaviorTestRuntime.extendsFrom testRuntime
 }
 
-task structuralTests(type: Test) {
+tasks.register('structuralTests', Test) {
     testClassesDirs = sourceSets.structuralTest.output.classesDirs
     classpath += sourceSets.structuralTest.runtimeClasspath
-
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
 
-task behaviorTests(type: Test) {
+tasks.register('behaviorTests', Test) {
     testClassesDirs = sourceSets.behaviorTest.output.classesDirs
     classpath += sourceSets.behaviorTest.runtimeClasspath
-
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
 // %sequential-stop%