diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c461de2f1..346d0dba8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@
 
 		<!-- databases and jdbc drivers -->
 		<!-- note that these currently do not control the versions of databases used via Testcontainers for testing -->
-		<db2.version>12.1.0.0</db2.version>
+		<db2.version>12.1.2.0</db2.version>
 		<h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
 		<hikari.version>5.1.0</hikari.version>
 		<hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
-		<mariadb-java-client.version>3.5.3</mariadb-java-client.version>
-		<mssql.version>12.10.0.jre11</mssql.version>
-		<mysql-connector-java.version>9.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
-		<postgresql.version>42.7.5</postgresql.version>
+		<mariadb-java-client.version>3.5.4</mariadb-java-client.version>
+		<mssql.version>12.10.1.jre11</mssql.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>9.3.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
+		<postgresql.version>42.7.7</postgresql.version>
 		<oracle.version>23.8.0.25.04</oracle.version>
 
 		<!-- R2DBC driver dependencies-->
 		<r2dbc-postgresql.version>1.0.7.RELEASE</r2dbc-postgresql.version>
 		<r2dbc-h2.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</r2dbc-h2.version>
-		<r2dbc-mariadb.version>1.1.4</r2dbc-mariadb.version>
+		<r2dbc-mariadb.version>1.3.0</r2dbc-mariadb.version>
 		<r2dbc-mssql.version>1.0.2.RELEASE</r2dbc-mssql.version>
 		<r2dbc-mysql.version>1.4.1</r2dbc-mysql.version>
 		<oracle-r2dbc.version>1.3.0</oracle-r2dbc.version>