diff --git a/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml
index 70b65f7d..cb71b0bb 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-backend-sql/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
       <artifactId>ph-db-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${ph-db.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.helger.photon</groupId>
diff --git a/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml b/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml
index 6d046a41..d72b401b 100644
--- a/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/phoss-smp-webapp-sql/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
       <artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
-      <version>23.4.0.24.05</version>
+      <version>23.5.0.24.07</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9dc26f2..88144c04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@
     <expiringmap.version>0.5.11</expiringmap.version>
     <flyway.version>9.22.3</flyway.version>
     <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
-    <mongodb.version>5.1.2</mongodb.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version>
+    <mongodb.version>5.1.3</mongodb.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.27.3</protobuf.version>
+    <ph-db.version>7.0.5</ph-db.version>
   </properties>
   
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -104,13 +105,6 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.helger</groupId>
-        <artifactId>ph-db-parent-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.4</version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.helger.web</groupId>
         <artifactId>ph-web-parent-pom</artifactId>