diff --git a/owasp-suppress.xml b/owasp-suppress.xml
index fab3687..6eea2dc 100644
--- a/owasp-suppress.xml
+++ b/owasp-suppress.xml
@@ -62,5 +62,83 @@
         <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.yaml/snakeyaml@.*$</packageUrl>
         <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2022-1471</vulnerabilityName>
     </suppress>
-
+<!--    requires update to Spring boot 3. If a application is deployed
+ to CF could be susceptible to a security bypass -->
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-web-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-web@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-actuator-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-actuator@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-json-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-json@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-autoconfigure@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-log4j2-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-log4j2@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-tomcat-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-tomcat@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-actuator-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-actuator@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-starter-validation-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-validation@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.6.13.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <vulnerabilityName>CVE-2023-20873</vulnerabilityName>
+    </suppress>
 </suppressions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9e328d..1790c52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@
             <groupId>eu.europeana.api.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-error</artifactId>
             <version>${api-commons.version}</version>
+            <!-- remove  vulnerable one, override with latest version-->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-security-crypto</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -108,16 +119,18 @@
             <version>${springdoc.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- At the moment API commons requires us to import spring security, should refactor that -->
+        <!-- At the moment API commons requires us to import spring security, should refactor that
+         updated version have more vulnerabilities hence added 5.8.8
+          and the latest version over 6 used java 17 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7.5</version>
+            <version>5.8.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-crypto</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7.5</version>
+            <version>5.8.8</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>