diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-and-native.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-and-native.yml
index 066d1f839..4713c98ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-and-native.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-and-native.yml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "Jitsi GitHub Action"
           cd $Env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/native/
           $java_home = "${{ steps.install_java.outputs.path }}".Replace("\\", "/")
-          cmake -B cmake-build-${{ matrix.arch.actions }} -A ${{ matrix.arch.cmake }} -DJAVA_HOME=$java_home
+          cmake -B cmake-build-${{ matrix.arch.actions }} -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=${{ matrix.arch.cmake }}-windows-static -A ${{ matrix.arch.cmake }} -DJAVA_HOME=$java_home
           cmake --build cmake-build-${{ matrix.arch.actions }} --config Release --target install --parallel
 
       - name: Gather logs on failure
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 087811e93..086b355bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
       <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
-      <version>5.11.0</version>
+      <version>5.13.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>jitsi-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-114-g43815ed</version>
+      <version>1.0-126-g02b0c86</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>jitsi-lgpl-dependencies</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2-21-gc4508d5</version>
+      <version> 1.2-23-g7b49874</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
       <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>23.0.0</version>
+      <version>24.0.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>5.8.2</version>
+      <version>5.9.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5.1</version>
+      <version>5.4.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -159,10 +159,25 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <ruleSet>
+            <ignoreVersions>
+              <ignoreVersion>
+                <type>regex</type>
+                <version>.+-(alpha|beta|M|RC).*</version>
+              </ignoreVersion>
+            </ignoreVersions>
+          </ruleSet>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>5.1.6</version>
+        <version>5.1.9</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
           <excludeDependencies>jitsi-lgpl-dependencies</excludeDependencies>
@@ -198,7 +213,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.1</version>
+        <version>3.11.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <release>11</release>
           <compilerArgs>
@@ -210,12 +225,12 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.22.2</version>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.0</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <doclint>-missing</doclint>
           <source>11</source>
@@ -224,7 +239,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.1</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <excludeResources>true</excludeResources>
         </configuration>
@@ -232,17 +247,17 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jitsi/impl/libjitsi/LibJitsiImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/jitsi/impl/libjitsi/LibJitsiImpl.java
index 52246f199..a9976ecd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jitsi/impl/libjitsi/LibJitsiImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jitsi/impl/libjitsi/LibJitsiImpl.java
@@ -177,14 +177,10 @@ private static <T> T initializeService(String className, Class<T> clazz)
                 if (!suppressClassNotFoundException)
                     exception = cnfe;
             }
-            catch (ExceptionInInitializerError eiie)
+            catch (LinkageError eiie)
             {
                 exception = eiie;
             }
-            catch (LinkageError le)
-            {
-                exception = le;
-            }
 
             T service = null;
 
@@ -193,21 +189,16 @@ private static <T> T initializeService(String className, Class<T> clazz)
                 try
                 {
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    T t = (T) implClass.newInstance();
+                    T t = (T) implClass.getConstructor().newInstance();
 
                     service = t;
                 }
-                catch (Throwable t)
+                catch (Exception e)
                 {
-                    if (t instanceof ThreadDeath)
-                    {
-                        throw (ThreadDeath) t;
-                    }
-                    else
+                    exception = e;
+                    if (e instanceof InterruptedException)
                     {
-                        exception = t;
-                        if (t instanceof InterruptedException)
-                            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                     }
                 }
             }