diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES_BACKEND b/DEPENDENCIES_BACKEND
index 97753ba3..6b2dc903 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES_BACKEND
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES_BACKEND
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.hamcrest/hamcrest/2.2, BSD-3-Clause, approved, clearlydef
 maven/mavencentral/org.hibernate.common/hibernate-commons-annotations/6.0.6.Final, LGPL-2.1-only, approved, #6962
 maven/mavencentral/org.hibernate.orm/hibernate-core/6.4.4.Final, LGPL-2.1-or-later AND (EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause) AND MIT, approved, #12490
 maven/mavencentral/org.hibernate.validator/hibernate-validator/8.0.1.Final, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
-maven/mavencentral/org.hsqldb/hsqldb/2.7.2, BSD-3-Clause, approved, #12699
+maven/mavencentral/org.hsqldb/hsqldb/2.7.3, BSD-3-Clause, approved, #12699
 maven/mavencentral/org.jboss.logging/jboss-logging/3.5.3.Final, Apache-2.0, approved, #9471
 maven/mavencentral/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-common/1.9.23, Apache-2.0, approved, #14186
 maven/mavencentral/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/1.9.23, Apache-2.0, approved, #14188
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.modelmapper/modelmapper/3.2.0, Apache-2.0, approved, clea
 maven/mavencentral/org.objenesis/objenesis/3.3, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.opentest4j/opentest4j/1.3.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #9713
 maven/mavencentral/org.ow2.asm/asm/9.6, BSD-3-Clause, approved, #10776
-maven/mavencentral/org.postgresql/postgresql/42.7.2, BSD-2-Clause AND Apache-2.0, approved, #11681
+maven/mavencentral/org.postgresql/postgresql/42.7.3, BSD-2-Clause AND Apache-2.0, approved, #11681
 maven/mavencentral/org.projectlombok/lombok/1.18.32, MIT AND LicenseRef-Public-Domain, approved, CQ23907
 maven/mavencentral/org.skyscreamer/jsonassert/1.5.1, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.slf4j/jul-to-slf4j/2.0.13, MIT, approved, #7698
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index bf7d3f26..42233b13 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@
     <name>puris-backend</name>
     <description>PURIS Backend</description>
     <properties>
-        <java.version>21</java.version>
-        <springdoc.version>2.5.0</springdoc.version>
+        <dash-tool.version>1.1.0</dash-tool.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-        <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
-        <okhttp.version>4.12.0</okhttp.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
+        <license-maven-plugin.version>4.5</license-maven-plugin.version>
         <modelmapper.version>3.2.0</modelmapper.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
+        <okhttp.version>4.12.0</okhttp.version>
+        <postgresql.version>42.7.3</postgresql.version>
+        <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
+        <springdoc.version>2.5.0</springdoc.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>42.7.2</version>
+            <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.dash</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-tool-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.0</version>
+                <version>${dash-tool.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>automotive.tractusx</projectId>
                     <!-- name of dependencies file -->
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
                 <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2</version>
+                <version>${license-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <licenseSets>
                         <licenseSet>