diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1b78727cf5afba9e6ce38bd19c57d8b4550d967..112b42cb481bc4e37f91c54d7db8d97d0fa39e3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<docker.image.prefix>opendes</docker.image.prefix>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<os-core-common.version>0.15.0</os-core-common.version>
-		<jackson-databind.version>2.13.4</jackson-databind.version>
+		<os-core-common.version>0.18.0-rc3</os-core-common.version>
+		<jackson-databind.version>2.13.4.1</jackson-databind.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.13.2</jackson.version>
 		<netty.version>4.1.51.Final</netty.version>
 		<snakeyaml.version>1.31</snakeyaml.version>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.18.RELEASE</version>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
diff --git a/provider/storage-aws/src/test/resources/application.properties b/provider/storage-aws/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 405d1160adba1377e5341e3fd45a2427f2d8af16..9aa0c7448504d04c241bfe9b12df88c293d4e204 100644
--- a/provider/storage-aws/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/provider/storage-aws/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ spring.data.mongodb.port=27019
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
 repository.implementation=mongodb
 spring.profiles.active=noswagger
+spring.mongodb.embedded.version=3.5.5
diff --git a/provider/storage-byoc/pom.xml b/provider/storage-byoc/pom.xml
index 855cccb83e6e5b8de0ec74bac322ee6726f56915..7b725c654c35776126d0a883a526273e543d6933 100644
--- a/provider/storage-byoc/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/storage-byoc/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
             <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
             <artifactId>storage-core</artifactId>
             <version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -45,12 +55,6 @@
             <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.19</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
             <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
diff --git a/provider/storage-ibm/pom.xml b/provider/storage-ibm/pom.xml
index 6e66f3a4536cce650db41ba79850489c75533dfe..11bd7b75cf6de4c01531d52619abf5f757983e27 100644
--- a/provider/storage-ibm/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/storage-ibm/pom.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<os-core-lib-ibm.version>0.16.0-rc1</os-core-lib-ibm.version>
+		<os-core-lib-ibm.version>0.17.0-rc4</os-core-lib-ibm.version>
 		<start-class>org.opengroup.osdu.storage.provider.ibm.app.StorageIBMApplication</start-class>
 		<jackson-dataformat-cbor.version>2.11.4</jackson-dataformat-cbor.version>
-		<spring-security-core.version>5.3.13.RELEASE</spring-security-core.version>
 		<tomcat-embed-core.version>9.0.67</tomcat-embed-core.version>		
 	</properties>
 
@@ -39,36 +38,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
 			<artifactId>storage-core</artifactId>
 			<version>0.18.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-					<artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
-		    <version>${spring-security-core.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
 			<artifactId>os-core-lib-ibm</artifactId>
 			<version>${os-core-lib-ibm.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-					<artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-cbor</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
diff --git a/testing/storage-test-ibm/pom.xml b/testing/storage-test-ibm/pom.xml
index 8c125125e4ddf7badbf6f71a799764cabcd3cfa2..4f0924fe24f06a9f03fcbc6b91ea942c15e85f48 100644
--- a/testing/storage-test-ibm/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/storage-test-ibm/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.main.basedir>${project.basedir}</project.main.basedir>
         <MY_TENANT>opendes</MY_TENANT>
-        <os-core-lib-ibm.version>0.13.0</os-core-lib-ibm.version>
+        <os-core-lib-ibm.version>0.17.0-rc4</os-core-lib-ibm.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <!-- Internal packages -->
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>
             <artifactId>os-core-common</artifactId>
-            <version>0.13.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0-rc3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- third party Apache 2.0 license packages -->