diff --git a/tests-hivemq-operator/gradle.properties b/tests-hivemq-operator/gradle.properties
index 6c611a76..42f4f35f 100644
--- a/tests-hivemq-operator/gradle.properties
+++ b/tests-hivemq-operator/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-assertj.version=3.24.2
+assertj.version=3.25.2
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2024m
-testcontainers.version=1.18.3
-junit.version=5.8.2
+testcontainers.version=1.19.4
+junit.version=5.10.1
 groovy.version=3.0.20
 fabric8.version=5.12.4
 bouncycastle.version=1.70
diff --git a/tests-hivemq-operator/src/integrationTest/resources/k3s.dockerfile b/tests-hivemq-operator/src/integrationTest/resources/k3s.dockerfile
index 02c65449..24aabbb9 100644
--- a/tests-hivemq-operator/src/integrationTest/resources/k3s.dockerfile
+++ b/tests-hivemq-operator/src/integrationTest/resources/k3s.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG K3S_VERSION=v1.21.14-k3s1@sha256:85745e4fa94050ead9c8a935c2a2136bfdfe107c3592fb229fb6aff26640ca72
+ARG K3S_VERSION=v1.29.1-k3s1@sha256:ce16e7fd2e884b72987e1a3cb29b9e9f4ff37e9086831e83b3a65fa4e7f1ee17
 
 FROM ubuntu:noble-20240114@sha256:50cb325cf61fa0ac0f42c2ea431d8ef091fe3d36f5bc039d15f89c569ff4988e AS builder
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install curl gnupg2 apt-transport-https ca-certificates -yq
diff --git a/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/build.gradle.kts b/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/build.gradle.kts
index fef92270..8c023ee6 100644
--- a/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${property("slf4j.version")}")
     testImplementation("io.rest-assured:rest-assured:${property("rest-assured.version")}")
     testImplementation("com.hivemq:hivemq-mqtt-client:${property("hivemq-client.version")}")
+    testImplementation("io.netty:netty-codec-http:${property("netty-codec-http.version")}")
 }
 
 fun Test.configureJUnitPlatform() {
diff --git a/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/gradle.properties b/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/gradle.properties
index cab348dd..65561e00 100644
--- a/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/gradle.properties
+++ b/tests-hivemq-platform-operator/gradle.properties
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 #
 # test
 #
-assertj.version=3.24.2
+assertj.version=3.25.2
 awaitility.version=4.2.0
 bouncycastle.version=1.70
 fabric8-kubernetes-client.version=6.8.1
-hivemq-client.version=1.3.2
+hivemq-client.version=1.3.3
+netty-codec-http.version=4.1.106.Final
 junit.version=5.10.1
 logback.version=1.4.14
 rest-assured.version=5.3.2
-selenium.version=4.10.0
+selenium.version=4.17.0
 slf4j.version=2.0.11
 testcontainers.version=1.19.4
 hivemq.version=4.24.0
 hivemq.extension-sdk.version=4.24.0
-javassist.version=3.29.2-GA
+javassist.version=3.30.2-GA
 shrinkwrap.version=1.2.6
 nginx.version=1.25.3