diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4885843b58..d4e011392c
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
 			<!-- latest is: <version>2.7</version>, but 2.7+ requires Java 8 -->
-			<version>2.6</version>
+			<version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ But it might be needed for Java 10, because I get this error, that I don't get w
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<!-- <version>2.5.1</version> This is latest version, but requires Java 8. 2.3.6 is last version to support Java 7. -->
-			<version>2.3.6</version>
+			<!-- <version>2.5.1</version> This is latest version, but requires Java 8. 2.7.1 is last version to support Java 7. -->
+			<version>2.7.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ But it might be needed for Java 10, because I get this error, that I don't get w
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20201115</version>
+			<version>20231013</version>
 		</dependency>
 
                 <dependency>
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ But it might be needed for Java 10, because I get this error, that I don't get w
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2.2.0</version>
+			<version>2.5.3.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>