diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8b432d5c0..31562a199 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@
             <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
             <artifactId>smack-core</artifactId>
             <version>${dependency.smack.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.minidns</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>minidns-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.igniterealtime.spark</groupId>
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-            <version>5.6</version>
+            <version>5.6.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <!-- Exclude the slf4j-api 1.7 because we use the slf4j-api 2.0 -->
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.install4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>install4j-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>12.0.3</version>
+            <version>12.0.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>