diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6dbb91609..29058cc973 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
         <htmlunitcssparser.version>4.4.0</htmlunitcssparser.version>
         <htmlunitcsp.version>4.4.0</htmlunitcsp.version>
-        <htmlunitneko.version>4.4.0</htmlunitneko.version>
+        <htmlunitneko.version>4.5.0-SNAPSHOT</htmlunitneko.version>
         <htmlunitxpath.version>4.4.0</htmlunitxpath.version>
         <htmlunitcorejs.version>4.5.0-SNAPSHOT</htmlunitcorejs.version>
         <htmlunitwebsocketclient.version>4.5.0-SNAPSHOT</htmlunitwebsocketclient.version>
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
         <httpcomponents.version>4.5.14</httpcomponents.version>
 
         <htmlunitdriver.version>4.24.0-SNAPSHOT</htmlunitdriver.version>
-        <selenium.version>4.23.1</selenium.version>
-        <selenium.devtools.artifactId>selenium-devtools-v127</selenium.devtools.artifactId>
+        <selenium.version>4.25.0</selenium.version>
+        <selenium.devtools.artifactId>selenium-devtools-v129</selenium.devtools.artifactId>
 
         <jetty.version>9.4.56.v20240826</jetty.version>
         <log4j.version>2.24.1</log4j.version>
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.0</version>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <quiet>true</quiet>
                     <show>protected</show>
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.5.1</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53010200/maven-surefire-could-not-find-forkedbooter-class -->
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.0</version>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <quiet>true</quiet>
                     <show>protected</show>
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.imageio</groupId>
             <artifactId>imageio-batik</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.0</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
             <artifactId>batik-transcoder</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17</version>
+            <version>1.18</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/ExternalTest.java b/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/ExternalTest.java
index e304ec184b..79bb45198b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/ExternalTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/ExternalTest.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public void pom() throws Exception {
             }
             if (line.contains("artifactId")
                     && !line.contains(">htmlunit<")
-                    && !line.contains(">selenium-devtools-v127<")) {
+                    && !line.contains(">selenium-devtools-v129<")) {
                 final String artifactId = getValue(line);
                 final String groupId = getValue(lines.get(i - 1));
                 if (!lines.get(i + 1).contains("</exclusion>")) {