diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 594c5e3f..9929d0f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   push_to_registry:
     name: Build & Push docker image to dockerhub
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
   run_e2e_tests:
     needs: push_to_registry
     name: Run E2E tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Extract metadata to env variables
         uses: HSLdevcom/jore4-tools/github-actions/extract-metadata@extract-metadata-v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-renovatebot-config.yml b/.github/workflows/check-renovatebot-config.yml
index 834c9042..0f182291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-renovatebot-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-renovatebot-config.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   validate:
     name: Validate renovatebot config
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-jooq.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-jooq.yml
index e56a0674..42097887 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-jooq.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-jooq.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   generate-jooq:
     name: Verifies whether generated jooq classes have been updated
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/java-tests.yml
index 8ac17941..0b0f5aab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-tests.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run-tests:
     name: Run java tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2d01299..4f878550 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@
         <java.version>11</java.version>
 
         <!-- Library versions -->
-        <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
-        <vavr.version>0.10.3</vavr.version>
-        <immutables.version>2.8.2</immutables.version>
-        <geotools.version>25-RC</geotools.version>
+        <guava.version>32.1.2-jre</guava.version>
+        <vavr.version>0.10.4</vavr.version>
+        <immutables.version>2.9.3</immutables.version>
+        <geotools.version>29.2</geotools.version>
         <geojson-jackson.version>1.14</geojson-jackson.version>
         <!-- Sticking to old 9.X version to avoid having to configure trusted certificates
              or just blindly trust any SQL server certificate. -->
-        <mssql-jdbc.version>9.4.1.jre11</mssql-jdbc.version>
+        <mssql-jdbc.version>12.4.0.jre11</mssql-jdbc.version>
 
         <!-- Test library version -->
         <quicktheories.version>0.26</quicktheories.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-properties.plugin.version>1.0.0</maven-properties.plugin.version>
+        <maven-properties.plugin.version>1.2.0</maven-properties.plugin.version>
 
         <!-- Packaging -->
         <build.profile.id>dev</build.profile.id>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.0</version>
+            <version>1.5.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add-source</id>