diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e5fbf9..877d788 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
     </developers>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <version.assertj>3.23.1</version.assertj>
+        <version.assertj>3.27.3</version.assertj>
         <version.commons-io>2.18.0</version.commons-io>
-        <version.commons-lang>3.12.0</version.commons-lang>
-        <version.jacoco>0.8.8</version.jacoco>
-        <version.jaxb>2.3.7</version.jaxb>
-        <version.lombok>1.18.24</version.lombok>
-        <version.mockito>4.9.0</version.mockito>
+        <version.commons-lang>3.17.0</version.commons-lang>
+        <version.jacoco>0.8.13</version.jacoco>
+        <version.jaxb>2.3.9</version.jaxb>
+        <version.lombok>1.18.38</version.lombok>
+        <version.mockito>4.11.0</version.mockito>
         <version.owasp-dependency-check>7.2.0</version.owasp-dependency-check>
         <version.rest-assured>5.2.0</version.rest-assured>
         <version.saxon-he>11.4</version.saxon-he>
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
             <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-            <version>4.7.0</version>
+            <version>4.7.6</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
             <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.4.1</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -174,10 +174,20 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
+           <!-- for PR 152 -->
+           <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <propertiesEncoding>ISO-8859-1</propertiesEncoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>reserve-network-port</id>
@@ -197,7 +207,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>enforce-versions</id>
@@ -217,7 +227,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -228,7 +238,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>jdk11+</id>
@@ -301,7 +311,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.2</version>
+                <version>3.7.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>full_dist</id>
@@ -326,7 +336,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.15.1</version>
+                <version>0.15.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -346,7 +356,7 @@
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons</groupId>
                             <artifactId>jaxb2-basics</artifactId>
-                            <version>0.11.1</version>
+                            <version>0.13.1</version>
                         </plugin>
                     </plugins>
                 </configuration>
@@ -419,7 +429,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!--suppress MavenModelInspection -->
                     <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 ${jacocoSurefire}</argLine>
@@ -429,7 +439,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -443,7 +453,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                 </configuration>
@@ -452,7 +462,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>run</id>
@@ -510,7 +520,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>test-it</id>
@@ -529,7 +539,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.11.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>8</source>
                     <doclint>none</doclint>
@@ -579,7 +589,7 @@
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <version>3.2.7</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -632,7 +642,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
                         <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.12.2</version>
+                        <version>2.13.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>maven-formatting</id>