diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc0244980c..99d6dfefb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.jopt-simple</groupId>
             <artifactId>jopt-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.3</version>
+            <version>5.0.4</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>3.18.0</version>
+            <version>3.19.3</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.42</version>
+            <version>5.1.43</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- testing -->
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- we use the Eclipse compiler as it doesn't need a JDK -->
                     <compilerId>eclipse</compilerId>