diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b800c09b..61a37026 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ subprojects {
             exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
         }
         implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.13'
-        implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0'
+        implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.18.0'
         implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.19.1'
         implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.1'
         implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.19.1'
-        api 'org.jfrog.filespecs:file-specs-java:1.1.1'
+        api 'org.jfrog.filespecs:file-specs-java:1.1.2'
     }
 
     task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
diff --git a/httpClient/build.gradle b/httpClient/build.gradle
index 8c8dd627..de6d80c6 100644
--- a/httpClient/build.gradle
+++ b/httpClient/build.gradle
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation group: 'org.testng', name: 'testng', version: '7.5.1'
-    testImplementation group: 'com.github.tomakehurst', name: 'wiremock-jre8', version: '2.35.1'
+    testImplementation group: 'com.github.tomakehurst', name: 'wiremock-jre8', version: '2.35.0'
 }
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diff --git a/httpClient/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/httpClient/http/HttpBuilderBase.java b/httpClient/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/httpClient/http/HttpBuilderBase.java
index 349eb872..5be76fde 100644
--- a/httpClient/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/httpClient/http/HttpBuilderBase.java
+++ b/httpClient/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/httpClient/http/HttpBuilderBase.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ private SSLContext buildSslContext() {
                 sslContext = sslBuilder.build();
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException("Error building SSLContext: " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
         return sslContext != null ? sslContext : SSLContexts.createDefault();
     }
diff --git a/services/build.gradle b/services/build.gradle
index 85d5b40f..d0ac6486 100644
--- a/services/build.gradle
+++ b/services/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
      * https://github.com/jfrog/artifactory-client-java/issues/43
      * https://github.com/jfrog/artifactory-client-java/issues/232
      */
-    testRuntimeOnly group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.2.9'
+    testRuntimeOnly group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.3.15'
 }
 
 task createReleasePropertiesFile(type: Exec) {