diff --git a/.scalafmt.conf b/.scalafmt.conf
index fd0d755a2d..9f1c68dc50 100644
--- a/.scalafmt.conf
+++ b/.scalafmt.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "3.7.14"
+version = "3.7.15"
 runner.dialect = scala213
 maxColumn = 120
 align.preset = most
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 2acb7159ed..2637a37658 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     "daschswiss/apache-jena-fuseki:2.1.2" // should be the same version as in docker-compose.yml, also make sure to use the same version when deploying it (i.e. version in ops-deploy)!
   val sipiImage = "daschswiss/sipi:3.8.2" // base image the knora-sipi image is created from
 
-  val ScalaVersion = "2.13.11"
+  val ScalaVersion = "2.13.12"
 
   val PekkoActorVersion = "1.0.1"
   val PekkoHttpVersion  = "1.0.0"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val ZioConfigVersion            = "3.0.7"
   val ZioLoggingVersion           = "2.1.14"
   val ZioNioVersion               = "2.0.2"
-  val ZioMetricsConnectorsVersion = "2.2.0"
+  val ZioMetricsConnectorsVersion = "2.2.1"
   val ZioPreludeVersion           = "1.0.0-RC21"
   val ZioSchemaVersion            = "0.2.0"
   val ZioVersion                  = "2.0.18"
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   // Metrics
   val aspectjweaver    = "org.aspectj" % "aspectjweaver"      % "1.9.20.1"
-  val kamonCore        = "io.kamon"   %% "kamon-core"         % "2.6.4" // Scala 3 compatible
-  val kamonScalaFuture = "io.kamon"   %% "kamon-scala-future" % "2.6.4" // Scala 3 incompatible
+  val kamonCore        = "io.kamon"   %% "kamon-core"         % "2.6.5" // Scala 3 compatible
+  val kamonScalaFuture = "io.kamon"   %% "kamon-scala-future" % "2.6.5" // Scala 3 incompatible
 
   // input validation
   val commonsValidator =
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val jwtSprayJson = "com.github.jwt-scala" %% "jwt-spray-json" % "9.0.2"
   // jwtSprayJson -> 9.0.2 is the latest version that's compatible with spray-json; if it wasn't for spray, this would be Scala 3 compatible
   val springSecurityCore =
-    "org.springframework.security" % "spring-security-core" % "6.1.4" exclude ("commons-logging", "commons-logging") exclude ("org.springframework", "spring-aop")
+    "org.springframework.security" % "spring-security-core" % "6.1.5" exclude ("commons-logging", "commons-logging") exclude ("org.springframework", "spring-aop")
   val bouncyCastle = "org.bouncycastle" % "bcprov-jdk15to18" % "1.76"
 
   // caching
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 27430827bc..e8a1e246e8 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.9.6
+sbt.version=1.9.7
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index df8ff24e93..80cd6963fa 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ resolvers ++= Seq(
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"    % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.9.16")
 addSbtPlugin("io.kamon"          % "sbt-aspectj-runner"  % "1.1.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-twirl"           % "1.6.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"      % "sbt-assembly"        % "2.1.3")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-twirl"           % "1.6.2")
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"      % "sbt-assembly"        % "2.1.4")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"    % "sbt-javaagent"       % "0.1.7")
 // also update the scalac-scoverage-runtime version in build.sbt
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage"     % "sbt-scoverage" % "2.0.9")