diff --git a/base-lite/pom.xml b/base-lite/pom.xml
index 52e1973501..84177a2400 100644
--- a/base-lite/pom.xml
+++ b/base-lite/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
                 <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.43.4</version>
+                <version>0.47.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <images>
                         <image>
diff --git a/base-lite/ub/go.mod b/base-lite/ub/go.mod
index 1723614f18..47cb797cbb 100644
--- a/base-lite/ub/go.mod
+++ b/base-lite/ub/go.mod
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 //module base-lite
 module ub
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.24.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230419192730-864b3d6c5c2c
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/base-lite/ub/go.sum b/base-lite/ub/go.sum
index 5f20e19b6d..84b9418fae 100644
--- a/base-lite/ub/go.sum
+++ b/base-lite/ub/go.sum
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0 h1:hyqWnYt1ZQShIddO5kBpj3vu05/++x6tJ6dg8EC572I=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0/go.mod h1:uLxZILRyS/50WlhOIKD7W6V5bgeIt+4sICxh6uRMrb0=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1 h1:lJeBwCfmrnXthfAupyUTzJ/J4Nc1RsHC/mSRU2dll/s=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1/go.mod h1:7SmJGaTHFVBY0jW4NXGluQoLvhqFQM+6XSKD+P4XaB0=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 h1:9exaQaMOCwffKiiiYk6/BndUBv+iRViNW+4lEMi0PvY=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230419192730-864b3d6c5c2c h1:HDdYQYKOkvJT/Plb5HwJJywTVyUnIctjQm6XSnZ/0CY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230419192730-864b3d6c5c2c/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 h1:3jlCCIQZPdOYu1h8BkNvLz8Kgwtae2cagcG/VamtZRU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/base/pom.xml b/base/pom.xml
index b592cdd09f..154b28d8c7 100644
--- a/base/pom.xml
+++ b/base/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
                 <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.43.4</version>
+                <version>0.47.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                   <images>
                     <image>
diff --git a/utility-belt/pom.xml b/utility-belt/pom.xml
index 86d7fffcf4..736455dd3c 100644
--- a/utility-belt/pom.xml
+++ b/utility-belt/pom.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj.version>2.2.0</assertj.version>
-        <apacheda.version>1.0.0-M33</apacheda.version>
-        <apacheds.version>2.0.0-M21</apacheds.version>
-        <argparse4j.version>0.7.0</argparse4j.version>
+        <assertj.version>2.9.1</assertj.version>
+        <apacheda.version>1.0.3</apacheda.version>
+        <apacheds.version>2.0.0.AM27</apacheds.version>
+        <argparse4j.version>0.9.0</argparse4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>