diff --git a/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml b/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml
index e40b9430ab2a79719e8d62e3eaf7c3260aa580e4..2a79e5437d77435e605091ee22f923a007bf5e52 100644
--- a/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<jackson-databind.version>2.13.4</jackson-databind.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.13.2</jackson.version>
+		<jackson-databind.version>2.14.2</jackson-databind.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.14.2</jackson.version>
 		<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 		<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
 	</properties>
@@ -88,6 +88,22 @@
 			<version>1.76.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+			<artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.5</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+					<artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.simpleframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>simple-xml</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
 			<artifactId>core-lib-azure</artifactId>
@@ -104,6 +120,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
 			<artifactId>os-core-lib-ibm</artifactId>
 			<version>${os-core-lib-ibm.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>