diff --git a/backend/build.gradle.kts b/backend/build.gradle.kts
index a2060f7..40e3252 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/backend/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     java
-    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.3.3"
-    id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.6"
+    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.4.3"
+    id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.7"
     id("checkstyle")
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a441313..37f853b 100644
--- a/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 2442d38..edab278 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
 
   keycloakdb_svr:
-    image: postgres:14.2
+    image: postgres:14.17
     volumes:
       - postgres_data_keycloak_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
       - "9433:5432"
 
   postgres_db:
-    image: postgres:16.4
+    image: postgres:16.8
     volumes:
       - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
diff --git a/frontend/docker/docker-compose.yml b/frontend/docker/docker-compose.yml
index a83a1d8..4a83cf8 100644
--- a/frontend/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/frontend/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ volumes:
 services:
   postgres-employee:
     container_name: postgres_employee
-    image: postgres:13.3
+    image: postgres:13.20
     volumes:
       - employee_postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
 
   employee:
     container_name: employee
-    image: berndheidemann/employee-management-service:1.0.4
+    image: berndheidemann/employee-management-service:1.1.3
     #    image: berndheidemann/employee-management-service_without_keycloak:1.1
     environment:
       spring.datasource.url: jdbc:postgresql://postgres-employee:5432/employee_db