diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5e0196904..f159ea291 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <target name="install-ivy" description="--> install ivy">
     <local name="ivy.download.dir"/><property name="ivy.download.dir" value="${basedir}/ivy" />
     <local name="ivy.download.file"/><property name="ivy.download.file" value="${ivy.download.dir}/ivy.jar" />
-    <local name="ivy.download.version"/><property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.5.0"/>
+    <local name="ivy.download.version"/><property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.5.3"/>
     <local name="ivy.debian.file"/><property name="ivy.debian.file" value="/usr/share/java/ivy.jar" />
 
     <!-- Check whether ivy is already available as a Debian package -->
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
   <target name="clean" description="make clean">
     <delete dir="${release_main}" failonerror="false"/>
     <delete failonerror="false">
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}/ivy" includes="**/*.jar" />
       <fileset dir="${lib}" includes="**/*.jar" excludes="org.restlet.jar" /> <!-- we cannot find the org.restlet.jar in maven -->
       <fileset dir="${src}" includes="**/*.class" />
       <fileset dir="${build}" includes="**/*.class" />
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index a00dfe73f..fadbbc192 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <dependency org="commons-codec" name="commons-codec" rev="1.15" />
       <dependency org="commons-io" name="commons-io" rev="2.17.0" />
       <dependency org="commons-logging" name="commons-logging" rev="1.2" />
-      <dependency org="io.dropwizard.metrics" name="metrics-core" rev="3.2.2"/>
+      <dependency org="io.dropwizard.metrics" name="metrics-core" rev="4.1.5"/>
       <dependency org="io.dropwizard.metrics" name="metrics-jmx" rev="4.1.5" conf="compile->master"/>
       <dependency org="io.opentracing" name="opentracing-noop" rev="0.33.0"/>
       <dependency org="io.opentracing" name="opentracing-util" rev="0.33.0"/>
@@ -66,21 +66,19 @@
       <dependency org="org.apache.solr" name="solr-core" rev="9.0.0" conf="compile->master"/>
       <dependency org="org.apache.solr" name="solr-scripting" rev="9.0.0" conf="compile->master"/>
       <dependency org="org.apache.solr" name="solr-solrj" rev="9.0.0" conf="compile->master" />
-      <dependency org="org.apache.zookeeper" name="zookeeper" rev="3.6.2" conf="compile->master" />
+      <dependency org="org.apache.zookeeper" name="zookeeper" rev="3.7.0" conf="compile->master" />
       <dependency org="org.bitlet" name="weupnp" rev="0.1.4"  />
       <dependency org="org.bouncycastle" name="bcmail-jdk18on" rev="1.79" />
-      <dependency org="org.codehaus.woodstox" name="woodstox-core-asl" rev="4.4.1">
-        <exclude module="stax-api" />
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-client" rev="9.4.57.v20241219" />
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-deploy" rev="9.4.57.v20241219" conf="compile->master" />
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-jmx" rev="9.4.57.v20241219" conf="compile->master"/>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-http" rev="9.4.57.v20241219"/>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-proxy" rev="9.4.57.v20241219"/>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-security" rev="9.4.57.v20241219"/>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-server" rev="9.4.57.v20241219"/>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-servlets" rev="9.4.57.v20241219"/>
-      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-servlet" rev="9.4.57.v20241219">
+      <dependency org="com.fasterxml.woodstox" name="woodstox-core" rev="6.2.8" />
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-client" rev="9.4.56.v20240826" />
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-deploy" rev="9.4.56.v20240826" conf="compile->master" />
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-jmx" rev="9.4.56.v20240826" conf="compile->master"/>
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-http" rev="9.4.56.v20240826"/>
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-proxy" rev="9.4.56.v20240826"/>
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-security" rev="9.4.56.v20240826"/>
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-server" rev="9.4.56.v20240826"/>
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-servlets" rev="9.4.56.v20240826"/>
+      <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-servlet" rev="9.4.56.v20240826">
         <exclude module="jetty-util-ajax" />
       </dependency>
       <dependency org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-util" rev="9.4.57.v20241219"  />