diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67b64e0..64d57b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <hapi.fhir.jpa.server.starter.revision>1</hapi.fhir.jpa.server.starter.revision>
-        <clinical-reasoning.version>4.2.0</clinical-reasoning.version>
+        <clinical-reasoning.version>4.4.0</clinical-reasoning.version>
 
         <!-- Plugins Versions -->
         <maven.failsafe.version>3.5.4</maven.failsafe.version>
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         <commons.logging.version>1.3.5</commons.logging.version>
         <spring_boot_version>3.5.9</spring_boot_version>
         <postgresql.version>42.7.9</postgresql.version>
+        <logback_version>1.5.25</logback_version>
     </properties>
 
     <!-- one-liner to take you to the cloud with settings form the application.yaml file: -->
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
         <artifactId>hapi-fhir</artifactId>
-        <version>8.6.5</version>
+        <version>8.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter</artifactId>
@@ -204,12 +205,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.19</version>
+            <version>${logback_version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.19</version>
+            <version>${logback_version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Needed for JEE/Servlet support -->
@@ -312,13 +313,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers-elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>