diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 4fbc93c..a4363d0 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -67,10 +67,9 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        val junitVersion = "5.11.4"
-        "testImplementation"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junitVersion")
-        "testImplementation"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:$junitVersion")
-        "testRuntimeOnly"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junitVersion")
-        "testImplementation"(group = "org.assertj", name = "assertj-core", version = "3.27.2")
+        "testImplementation"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.1")
+        "testImplementation"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.10.1")
+        "testRuntimeOnly"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.10.1")
+        "testImplementation"(group = "org.assertj", name = "assertj-core", version = "3.25.1")
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/build.gradle.kts b/common/build.gradle.kts
index f608387..66e7de9 100644
--- a/common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ description = "Typical implementation of similarity measures, duplicate detectio
 
 dependencies {
     "api"(project(":core"))
-    "api"(group = "org.apache.commons", name = "commons-text", version = "1.13.0")
-    "api"(group = "commons-codec", name = "commons-codec", version = "1.17.2")
+    "api"(group = "org.apache.commons", name = "commons-text", version = "1.11.0")
+    "api"(group = "commons-codec", name = "commons-codec", version = "1.16.0")
 
-    implementation(group = "com.google.guava", name = "guava", version = "33.4.0-jre")
+    implementation(group = "com.google.guava", name = "guava", version = "33.0.0-jre")
     implementation(group = "org.jgrapht", name = "jgrapht-core", version = "1.5.2")
 }
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle.kts b/examples/build.gradle.kts
index 140ec45..cdc255b 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ description = "Concise examples of using the deduplication DSL."
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":common"))
 
-    testImplementation(group = "org.apache.commons", name = "commons-csv", version = "1.13.0")
+    testImplementation(group = "org.apache.commons", name = "commons-csv", version = "1.10.0")
 }