diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6f9b3a5..84d5cab 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # DO NOT commit .env file to git - it's already in .gitignore
 # 
 # These environment variables are used for database connection
-# and correspond to the Spring Boot 3.5+ Couchbase properties:
+# and correspond to the Spring Boot 4.0+ Couchbase properties:
 # - spring.couchbase.connection-string
 # - spring.couchbase.username  
 # - spring.couchbase.password
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e921c7..5b5c282 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.couchbase</groupId>
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <couchbase.version>3.10.0</couchbase.version>
+        <couchbase.version>3.11.1</couchbase.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.42</lombok.version>
         <springdoc.version>3.0.1</springdoc.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <maven-surefire.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire.version>
+        <maven-surefire.version>3.5.5</maven-surefire.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.cdimascio</groupId>
             <artifactId>dotenv-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
+            <version>3.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency> 
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.14.0</version>
+                <version>3.15.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
                     <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>