diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dd7df9d..7e0881c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![Build](https://github.com/nitrite/nitrite-java/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/nitrite/nitrite-java/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/nitrite/nitrite-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/nitrite/nitrite-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/nitrite/nitrite-java/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/nitrite/nitrite-java)
-![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.dizitart/nitrite.svg)
+[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/org.dizitart/nitrite/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.dizitart/nitrite) 
 [![Discussion](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-Discussion-blueviolet)](https://github.com/orgs/nitrite/discussions)
 
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4241f01..c2b16e0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.10</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
         <h2.version>2.2.224</h2.version>
         <rocksdb.version>8.9.1</rocksdb.version>
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
         <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.8.0</mockito.version>
-        <podam.version>8.0.0.RELEASE</podam.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.9.0</mockito.version>
+        <podam.version>8.0.1.RELEASE</podam.version>
         <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
-        <joda-time.version>2.12.5</joda-time.version>
+        <joda-time.version>2.12.6</joda-time.version>
         <meanbean.version>2.0.3</meanbean.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
         <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.1</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
         <error-prone.version>2.24.1</error-prone.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
-        <surefire.version>3.2.3</surefire.version>
+        <surefire.version>3.2.5</surefire.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>