diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5a5a42..5cfdbbe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pom-scijava</artifactId>
-		<version>37.0.0</version>
+		<version>38.0.1</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@
 
 		<!-- general imagej dependencies -->
 		<!-- bdv playground related dependencies -->
-		<bigdataviewer-playground.version>0.10.2</bigdataviewer-playground.version>
-		<bigdataviewer-playground-display.version>0.4.2</bigdataviewer-playground-display.version>
+		<bigdataviewer-playground.version>0.10.3</bigdataviewer-playground.version>
+		<bigdataviewer-playground-display.version>0.4.3</bigdataviewer-playground-display.version>
 		<image-transform-converters.version>0.1.7</image-transform-converters.version>
-		<bigdataviewer-image-loaders.version>0.7.2</bigdataviewer-image-loaders.version>
+		<bigdataviewer-image-loaders.version>0.8.0</bigdataviewer-image-loaders.version>
 
 		<!-- biop dependencies -->
-		<ijl-utilities-wrappers.version>0.9.7</ijl-utilities-wrappers.version>
-		<Operetta_Importer.version>0.3.3</Operetta_Importer.version>
+		<ijl-utilities-wrappers.version>0.9.8</ijl-utilities-wrappers.version>
+		<Operetta_Importer.version>0.3.4</Operetta_Importer.version>
 		<ijp-kheops.version>0.4.4</ijp-kheops.version>
 
 		<!-- mastodon -->
@@ -121,24 +121,6 @@
 
 		<!-- package version below are determined by the parent pom but need to be upgraded or temporarily fixed for bugs -->
 
-		<n5.version>3.1.1</n5.version>
-		<n5-hdf5.version>2.1.0</n5-hdf5.version>
-		<n5-zarr.version>1.2.0</n5-zarr.version>
-		<n5-ij.version>4.0.1</n5-ij.version>
-		<n5-universe.version>1.3.1</n5-universe.version>
-		<n5-zstandard.version>1.0.2</n5-zstandard.version>
-		<org.janelia.n5-zstandard.version>${n5-zstandard.version}</org.janelia.n5-zstandard.version>
-
-		<bigwarp.version>9.1.2</bigwarp.version>
-		<bigwarp_fiji.version>9.1.2</bigwarp_fiji.version>
-		<bigdataviewer-core.version>10.4.13</bigdataviewer-core.version>
-		<bigdataviewer-vistools.version>1.0.0-beta-34</bigdataviewer-vistools.version>
-		<imglib2-realtransform.version>4.0.2</imglib2-realtransform.version>
-
-		<ejml-core.version>0.41</ejml-core.version>
-		<ejml-ddense.version>0.41</ejml-ddense.version>
-
-		<jitk-tps.version>3.0.4</jitk-tps.version>
 
 	</properties>
 
@@ -183,24 +165,9 @@
 			<artifactId>ui-behaviour</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.ejml</groupId>
-			<artifactId>ejml-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${ejml-core.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.ejml</groupId>
-			<artifactId>ejml-ddense</artifactId>
-			<version>${ejml-ddense.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.imglib2</groupId>
 			<artifactId>imglib2-realtransform</artifactId>
-			<version>${imglib2-realtransform.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -221,7 +188,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 			<artifactId>bigwarp_fiji</artifactId>
-			<version>${bigwarp_fiji.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- bdv playground related dependencies -->