diff --git a/openmetadata-clients/openmetadata-java-client/pom.xml b/openmetadata-clients/openmetadata-java-client/pom.xml
index 23fe16fc3387..071c045f8b23 100644
--- a/openmetadata-clients/openmetadata-java-client/pom.xml
+++ b/openmetadata-clients/openmetadata-java-client/pom.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <springfox-version>2.7.0</springfox-version>
-        <feign-version>12.3</feign-version>
+        <feign-version>12.4</feign-version>
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
         <scribejava-apis-version>8.3.3</scribejava-apis-version>
-        <swagger-parser-version>2.1.13</swagger-parser-version>
+        <swagger-parser-version>2.1.16</swagger-parser-version>
         <jakarta-annotation-version>1.3.5</jakarta-annotation-version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.auth</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-auth-library-oauth2-http</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.1</version>
+            <version>1.19.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>5.9.3</version>
+            <version>${org.junit.jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/pom.xml b/openmetadata-service/pom.xml
index 21ef8578a7de..7703b087b177 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/pom.xml
+++ b/openmetadata-service/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>${project.basedir}/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
     <sonar.tests>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sonar.tests>
     <org.testcontainers.version>1.18.3</org.testcontainers.version>
-    <awssdk.version>2.20.98</awssdk.version>
+    <awssdk.version>2.20.130</awssdk.version>
     <expiring.map.version>0.5.10</expiring.map.version>
     <java.saml>2.9.0</java.saml>
     <quartz.version>2.3.2</quartz.version>
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/FeedRepository.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/FeedRepository.java
index ddf21c9144a3..e8ffaa440490 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/FeedRepository.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/FeedRepository.java
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ private void populateAssignees(List<Thread> threads) {
   }
 
   private Thread populateAssignees(Thread thread) {
-    if (thread.getType().equals(ThreadType.Task)) {
+    if (thread != null && ThreadType.Task.equals(thread.getType())) {
       List<EntityReference> assignees = thread.getTask().getAssignees();
       for (EntityReference ref : assignees) {
         try {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70437aad7032..adcda9896d5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <commons-cli.version>1.5.0</commons-cli.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.13.0</commons-io.version>
     <flyway.version>9.20.0</flyway.version>
-    <redshift-jdbc.version>2.1.0.17</redshift-jdbc.version>
+    <redshift-jdbc.version>2.1.0.18</redshift-jdbc.version>
     <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
     <mysql.connector.version>8.0.33</mysql.connector.version>
     <postgres.connector.version>42.6.0</postgres.connector.version>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <elasticsearch.version>7.16.3</elasticsearch.version>
     <opensearch.version>1.3.0</opensearch.version>
     <httpasyncclient.version>4.1.5</httpasyncclient.version>
-    <openapiswagger.version>2.2.14</openapiswagger.version>
+    <openapiswagger.version>2.2.15</openapiswagger.version>
     <spring-security-kerberos-core.version>1.0.1.RELEASE</spring-security-kerberos-core.version>
     <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
     <!-- Upgrading to spring version 6.x requires Java 17 -->
@@ -135,20 +135,20 @@
     <testng.version>7.6.1</testng.version>
     <!-- Micrometer upgrade to 3.x requires Dropwizard > 3.x -->
     <dropwizard-micrometer.version>2.0.9</dropwizard-micrometer.version>
-    <json-schema-validator.version>1.0.85</json-schema-validator.version>
+    <json-schema-validator.version>1.0.86</json-schema-validator.version>
     <java-jwt.version>4.4.0</java-jwt.version>
-    <jwks-rsa.version>0.22.0</jwks-rsa.version>
+    <jwks-rsa.version>0.22.1</jwks-rsa.version>
     <jjwt.version>0.9.1</jjwt.version>
     <rerunner-jupiter.version>2.1.6</rerunner-jupiter.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.32</freemarker.version>
     <passay.version>1.6.3</passay.version>
     <bcrypt.version>0.10.2</bcrypt.version>
-    <simplejavamail.version>8.1.2</simplejavamail.version>
+    <simplejavamail.version>8.1.3</simplejavamail.version>
     <dropwizardkafka.version>1.8.0</dropwizardkafka.version>
     <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.3</maven-release-plugin.version>
     <unboundsdk.version>6.0.9</unboundsdk.version>
     <dropwizard-web.version>1.5.1</dropwizard-web.version>
-    <snakeyaml.version>2.0</snakeyaml.version>
+    <snakeyaml.version>2.1</snakeyaml.version>
     <woodstox.version>5.4.0</woodstox.version>
     <slack.version>1.29.2</slack.version>
   </properties>