diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ade83e3b1c..ef841e7fb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 		<maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 		<!-- internal dependencies -->
-		<dependencies.version>2025.6.25</dependencies.version>
+		<dependencies.version>2026.2.27</dependencies.version>
 		<step-grid.version>2.5.1</step-grid.version>
 		<step-framework.version>2.5.3</step-framework.version>
 
 		<!-- external, non-transitive, dependencies -->
-		<dep.groovy.version>3.0.23</dep.groovy.version>
+		<dep.groovy.version>5.0.4</dep.groovy.version>
 		<dep.apache-jmeter.version>5.4.3</dep.apache-jmeter.version>
 		<dep.apache-poi.version>5.2.3</dep.apache-poi.version>
 		<dep.aether.version>1.1.0</dep.aether.version>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 		<dep.mvn.download.version>1.2.1</dep.mvn.download.version>
 		<dep.mvn.enforcer.version>3.1.0</dep.mvn.enforcer.version>
 		<dep.mvn.gpg.version>1.6</dep.mvn.gpg.version>
-		<dep.mvn.jacoco.version>0.8.12</dep.mvn.jacoco.version>
+		<dep.mvn.jacoco.version>0.8.14</dep.mvn.jacoco.version>
 		<dep.mvn.jar.version>3.1.1</dep.mvn.jar.version>
 		<dep.mvn.javadoc.version>3.3.2</dep.mvn.javadoc.version>
 		<dep.mvn.resources.version>3.1.0</dep.mvn.resources.version>
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@
 			<!-- For some reason, the groovy-all does not contain everything (e.g. dateutil) -->
 			<!-- Conversely, groovy-bom does not include groovy-all. Go figure :-) -->
 			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 				<artifactId>groovy-bom</artifactId>
 				<version>${dep.groovy.version}</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+				<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 				<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
 				<version>${dep.groovy.version}</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
diff --git a/step-controller/step-controller-server/pom.xml b/step-controller/step-controller-server/pom.xml
index 028235e7ea..5c6b182024 100644
--- a/step-controller/step-controller-server/pom.xml
+++ b/step-controller/step-controller-server/pom.xml
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
 			<type>pom</type>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-dateutil</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/step-core/pom.xml b/step-core/pom.xml
index 8980633400..71da1e5af5 100644
--- a/step-core/pom.xml
+++ b/step-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>step-core</artifactId>
-	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<parent>
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@
 			<artifactId>step-grid-api</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
 			<type>pom</type>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-dateutil</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-def/pom.xml b/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-def/pom.xml
index 8438140983..b747c17df5 100644
--- a/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-def/pom.xml
+++ b/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-def/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>step-functions-plugins-java-def</artifactId>
-	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<parent>
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
 			<type>pom</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-dateutil</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-handler/pom.xml b/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-handler/pom.xml
index 0ab2be34bb..1d69b2ab7e 100644
--- a/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/step-functions-plugins/step-functions-plugins-java/step-functions-plugins-java-handler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>step-functions-plugins-java-handler</artifactId>
-	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<parent>
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
 			<artifactId>step-api-keyword</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
 			<type>pom</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-dateutil</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>