diff --git a/backend/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/backend/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 443d8849..d58dfb70 100644
--- a/backend/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/backend/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-wrapperVersion=3.3.1
+wrapperVersion=3.3.2
+distributionType=only-script
 distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/backend/mvnw b/backend/mvnw
index ac8e247e..19529ddf 100755
--- a/backend/mvnw
+++ b/backend/mvnw
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.1
+# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
 #
 # Optional ENV vars
 # -----------------
@@ -97,11 +97,19 @@ die() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+trim() {
+  # MWRAPPER-139:
+  #   Trims trailing and leading whitespace, carriage returns, tabs, and linefeeds.
+  #   Needed for removing poorly interpreted newline sequences when running in more
+  #   exotic environments such as mingw bash on Windows.
+  printf "%s" "${1}" | tr -d '[:space:]'
+}
+
 # parse distributionUrl and optional distributionSha256Sum, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
 while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
   case "${key-}" in
-  distributionUrl) distributionUrl="${value-}" ;;
-  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum="${value-}" ;;
+  distributionUrl) distributionUrl=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
+  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
   esac
 done <"${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
 [ -n "${distributionUrl-}" ] || die "cannot read distributionUrl property in ${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
@@ -131,7 +139,8 @@ esac
 distributionUrlName="${distributionUrl##*/}"
 distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlName%.*}"
 distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlNameMain%-bin}"
-MAVEN_HOME="$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
+MAVEN_USER_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME:-${HOME}/.m2}"
+MAVEN_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME}/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
 
 exec_maven() {
   unset MVNW_VERBOSE MVNW_USERNAME MVNW_PASSWORD MVNW_REPOURL || :
diff --git a/backend/mvnw.cmd b/backend/mvnw.cmd
index 1ff8c9dd..b150b91e 100644
--- a/backend/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/backend/mvnw.cmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.1
+@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
 @REM
 @REM Optional ENV vars
 @REM   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ if ($env:MVNW_REPOURL) {
 $distributionUrlName = $distributionUrl -replace '^.*/',''
 $distributionUrlNameMain = $distributionUrlName -replace '\.[^.]*$','' -replace '-bin$',''
 $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+if ($env:MAVEN_USER_HOME) {
+  $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$env:MAVEN_USER_HOME/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+}
 $MAVEN_HOME_NAME = ([System.Security.Cryptography.MD5]::Create().ComputeHash([byte[]][char[]]$distributionUrl) | ForEach-Object {$_.ToString("x2")}) -join ''
 $MAVEN_HOME = "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME"
 
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index f0ba2680..c7c0d940 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -489,12 +489,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>10.18.2</version>
+            <version>10.19.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.nimbusds</groupId>
         <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
-        <version>9.41.2</version>
+        <version>9.42</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 9ba3a96d..69244808 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Use this section once builds are fixed
 
-FROM node:20.17.0-bullseye-slim AS build
+FROM node:20.18.0-bullseye-slim AS build
 
 # Build static files
 WORKDIR /app