diff --git a/owasp-false-positive-warnings.xml b/owasp-false-positive-warnings.xml
index 2be044c9e3c86fec2050474a77168442f3daf326..c2fa230b197eea5d73a87f129904e4fac789a5e1 100644
--- a/owasp-false-positive-warnings.xml
+++ b/owasp-false-positive-warnings.xml
@@ -2,17 +2,39 @@
 <suppressions xmlns="https://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/dependency-suppression.1.3.xsd">
     <suppress>
         <notes><![CDATA[
-   file name: spring-security-crypto-5.7.5.jar
+   file name: spring-security-crypto-5.8.2.jar
    ]]></notes>
         <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.springframework\.security/spring\-security\-crypto@.*$</packageUrl>
         <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2020-5408</vulnerabilityName>
+        <cve>CVE-2018-1258</cve>
     </suppress>
     <suppress>
         <notes><![CDATA[
-   file name: spring-web-5.3.23.jar
+   file name: spring-web-5.3.26.jar
    ]]></notes>
-        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.springframework/spring\-web@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.springframework/spring\-(web|core)@.*$</packageUrl>
         <cve>CVE-2016-1000027</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2018-1258</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: smp.war: spring-core-5.3.26.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <sha1>81f0f0bbba14ca6e17d52f0b1c7d52da8c4da098</sha1>
+        <cve>CVE-2016-1000027</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: smp.war: spring-security-*.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <cve>CVE-2018-1258</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-aop-5.3.25.jar spring-expression-5.3.25.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.springframework/spring\-(aop|expression)@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cve>CVE-2023-20861</cve>
     </suppress>
     <suppress>
         <notes><![CDATA[
@@ -21,4 +43,31 @@
         <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.apache\.cxf\.xjc\-utils/cxf\-xjc\-runtime@.*$</packageUrl>
         <cve>CVE-2021-4277</cve>
     </suppress>
-</suppressions>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: cxf-rt-bindings-soap-3.5.5.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.apache\.cxf/cxf\-rt\-bindings\-soap@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-40705</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: guava-30.1-jre.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/com\.google\.guava/guava@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2020-8908</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: snakeyaml-1.30.jar part of spring boot - just for demo and testing
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.yaml/snakeyaml@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-1471</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-25857</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-38749</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-38751</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-38752</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-41854</cve>
+        <cve>CVE-2022-38750</cve>
+    </suppress>
+</suppressions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0624e1cf6b4afbddac076b4cd3d81057da506855..fb0da6e2c7bca74cb321abc9d89ffb1d9074f590 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-fileupload.version>1.5</commons-fileupload.version>
         <commons-net.version>3.8.0</commons-net.version>
         <commons-validator.version>1.7</commons-validator.version>
         <cxf-xjc-runtime.version>3.3.2</cxf-xjc-runtime.version>
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
         <junit-platform-surefire-provider.version>1.3.2</junit-platform-surefire-provider.version>
         <junitparams.version>1.1.1</junitparams.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
-        <mysql.jdbc.version>8.0.31</mysql.jdbc.version>
+        <mysql.jdbc.version>8.0.32</mysql.jdbc.version>
         <metro.version>2.2.1-1</metro.version>
         <!-- mockito.version>2.23.4</mockito.version -->
         <mockito.version>4.10.0</mockito.version>
@@ -87,10 +88,10 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <soapui.plugin.version>5.1.2</soapui.plugin.version>
         <spring-modules-jakarta-commons.version>0.8</spring-modules-jakarta-commons.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.7.7</spring-boot.version>
-        <spring-boot.tomcat.version>9.0.70</spring-boot.tomcat.version>
-        <spring.security.version>5.7.5</spring.security.version>
-        <spring.version>5.3.25</spring.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.7.10</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.tomcat.version>9.0.73</spring-boot.tomcat.version>
+        <spring.security.version>5.8.2</spring.security.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.26</spring.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.9.0</xmlunit.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
@@ -527,6 +528,12 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                 <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
+                <version>${commons-fileupload.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
@@ -831,7 +838,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                         <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                        <version>7.4.4</version>
+                        <version>8.1.2</version>
                         <inherited>false</inherited>
                         <configuration>
                             <skipProvidedScope>true</skipProvidedScope>
diff --git a/smp-webapp/pom.xml b/smp-webapp/pom.xml
index 5d55e484f50e81e1b9620ef24f20f865ec555870..a24778bc65d3f16949711562509a86c0f83488c0 100644
--- a/smp-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>