diff --git a/Core/ivy.xml b/Core/ivy.xml
index 274d2620ca..d0eb39b50c 100644
--- a/Core/ivy.xml
+++ b/Core/ivy.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
         <dependency conf="core->default" org="com.googlecode.libphonenumber" name="libphonenumber" rev="8.13.52" />
 
-        <dependency conf="core->default" org="com.squareup.okhttp" name="okhttp" rev="2.7.5"/>
+        <dependency conf="core->default" org="com.squareup.okhttp3" name="okhttp" rev="4.12.0"/>
         <dependency conf="core->default" org="org.jfree" name="jfreechart" rev="1.5.5"/>
 
         <!-- for yaml reading/writing -->
@@ -81,19 +81,14 @@
             <exclude name="jna" />
             <exclude name="jna-platform" />
         </dependency>
-<!-- 
-        <override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper" rev="3.8.0"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper-jute" rev="3.8.0"/>
-        
-        <override org="jakarta.ws.rs" module="jakarta.ws.rs-api" rev="2.1.5"/>
-        <override org="org.slf4j" module="slf4j-api" rev="1.7.36"/>
-        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="32.0.1-jre"/>
-        <override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-core" rev="2.15.2"/>
 
-        //changes to bouncy castle version may also be reflected in thirdparty/IcePDF 6.2.2 
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-ext-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/> -->
+        <exclude org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on"/>
+        <exclude org="*" ext="*" type="javadoc"/>
+
+        <override org="commons-io" module="commons-io" rev="2.18.0"/>
+        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="33.4.0-jre"/>
+        <override org="io.netty" module="netty-transport" rev="4.1.116.Final"/>
+
         <override org="junit" module="junit" rev="4.13.2"/>
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
index dca5ebb87e..ca1a14089c 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
@@ -130,21 +130,14 @@
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="com.googlecode.plist" name="dd-plist" rev="1.28"/>
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-reload4j" rev="2.0.16"/>
         
-        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-api" rev="2.24.3" transitive="false"/>
-        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-core" rev="2.24.3" transitive="false"/>
+        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-api" rev="${log4j.version}" transitive="false"/>
+        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-core" rev="${log4j.version}" transitive="false"/>
         
         <exclude org="*" ext="*" type="javadoc"/>
         <exclude org="log4j" module="log4j"/>
-<!-- 
-        <override org="org.slf4j" module="slf4j-api" rev="1.7.36"/>
+
+        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="33.4.0-jre"/>
+        <override org="io.netty" module="netty-transport" rev="4.1.116.Final"/>
         
-        <override org="com.google.code.gson" module="gson" rev="2.9.0"/>
-        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="32.0.1-jre"/>
-        <override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-databind" rev="${jackson.version}"/>
-        <override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-core" rev="${jackson.version}"/>
-        
-        // changes to bouncy castle version may also be reflected in thirdparty/IcePDF 6.2.2 
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/> -->
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/ivysettings.xml b/CoreLibs/ivysettings.xml
index 23bab824f7..d535512c6e 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/ivysettings.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/ivysettings.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <property name="jackson.version" value="2.18.2"/>
     <property name="jfxtras.version" value="17-r1"/>
     <property name="twelvemonkeys.version" value="3.12.0"/>
+    <property name="log4j.version" value="2.24.3"/>
     
     <settings defaultResolver="main"/>
     <resolvers>
diff --git a/CoreTestLibs/ivy.xml b/CoreTestLibs/ivy.xml
index 4a8ad3cb43..ca83f300b3 100644
--- a/CoreTestLibs/ivy.xml
+++ b/CoreTestLibs/ivy.xml
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
         <dependency conf="coretestlibs->default" org="net.bytebuddy" name="byte-buddy-agent" rev="1.15.11"/>
         <dependency conf="coretestlibs->default" org="org.objenesis" name="objenesis" rev="3.4"/>
         <dependency conf="coretestlibs->default" org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.13.2"/>
+
+        <exclude org="*" ext="*" type="javadoc"/>
+
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/ivy.xml b/KeywordSearch/ivy.xml
index 374d2fa742..72036aa262 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/ivy.xml
+++ b/KeywordSearch/ivy.xml
@@ -34,33 +34,29 @@
 		<dependency conf="start-solr->default" org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-start" rev="${jetty.version}"/>
         <dependency conf="jetty-libs->default" org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-server" rev="${jetty.version}"/>
         <dependency conf="jetty-libs->default" org="org.eclipse.jetty" name="jetty-deploy" rev="${jetty.version}"/>
-        <dependency conf="servlet->default" org="org.eclipse.jetty.orbit" name="javax.servlet" rev="3.0.0.v201112011016"/>
+        <dependency conf="servlet->default" org="jakarta.servlet" name="jakarta.servlet-api" rev="6.1.0"/>
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <dependency conf="slf4j-libs->default" org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-log4j12" rev="${slf4j.version}"/>
         <dependency conf="slf4j-libs->default" org="org.slf4j" name="jcl-over-slf4j" rev="${slf4j.version}"/>
         <dependency conf="slf4j-libs->default" org="org.slf4j" name="jul-to-slf4j" rev="${slf4j.version}"/> 
 
-
-
-        <!--
         <exclude org="*" ext="*" type="javadoc"/>
-        <exclude org="org.apache.logging.log4j" ext="*"/>
-        <exclude org="com.google.code.gson" ext="*"/>
-        <exclude org="com.google.guava" ext="*"/>
+        
+        <override org="commons-io" module="commons-io" rev="2.18"/>
+        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="33.4.0-jre"/>
+        
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-api" rev="${log4j.version}"/>
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-core" rev="${log4j.version}"/>
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-1.2-api" rev="${log4j.version}"/>        
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-layout-template-json" rev="${log4j.version}"/>
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-slf4j-impl" rev="${log4j.version}"/>
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-web" rev="${log4j.version}"/>
 
-        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-api" rev="2.17.2"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-core" rev="2.17.2"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-1.2-api" rev="2.17.2"/>        
-        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-layout-template-json" rev="2.17.2"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-slf4j-impl" rev="2.17.2"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-web" rev="2.17.2"/>
-        <override org="org.slf4j" module="slf4j-api" rev="${slf4j.version}"/>
+        <override org="io.netty" module="netty-transport" rev="4.1.116.Final"/>
+        <override org="io.netty" module="netty-common" rev="4.1.116.Final"/>
 
-        <override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper" rev="3.8.0"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper-jute" rev="3.8.0"/>
-        <override org="com.google.code.gson" module="gson" rev="2.9.0"/>
-        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="31.1-jre"/>
-        <override org="joda-time" module="joda-time" rev="2.10.14" /> -->
+        <override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper" rev="3.9.3"/>
+        <override org="org.apache.zookeeper" module="zookeeper-jute" rev="3.9.3"/>
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/ivysettings.xml b/KeywordSearch/ivysettings.xml
index 3ee6f5cba1..9a6d79ecdc 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/ivysettings.xml
+++ b/KeywordSearch/ivysettings.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <ivysettings>
   <property name="jetty.version" value="12.0.16"/>
   <property name="slf4j.version" value="2.0.16"/>
-  
+  <property name="log4j.version" value="2.24.3"/>
+
   <settings defaultResolver="main"/>
   <resolvers>
     <chain name="main">
diff --git a/Tika/ivy.xml b/Tika/ivy.xml
index a2d663e9c2..2c91bf3160 100755
--- a/Tika/ivy.xml
+++ b/Tika/ivy.xml
@@ -8,20 +8,11 @@
         <dependency conf="tika->default" org="org.apache.tika" name="tika-core" rev="3.0.0"/>
 
         <dependency conf="tika->default" org="org.apache.poi" name="ooxml-schemas" rev="1.4"/>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tika/tika-core -->
 
-        <!-- <override org="org.jsoup" module="jsoup" rev="1.16.1"/>
-        <override org="org.apache.poi" module="poi-ooxml-schemas" rev="4.1.2"/>
-        <override org="org.slf4j" module="slf4j-api" rev="1.7.36"/>
-        <override org="com.google.code.gson" module="gson" rev="2.9.0"/>
-        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="32.0.1-jre"/>
-        <override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-core" rev="2.15.2"/>
-        <override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-databind" rev="2.15.2"/>
-        <override org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" module="jackson-annotations" rev="2.15.2"/>
-        
-        // changes to bouncy castle version may also be reflected in thirdparty/IcePDF 6.2.2 
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcmail-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcprov-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/>
-        <override org="org.bouncycastle" module="bcpkix-jdk15on" rev="1.70"/> -->
+        <exclude org="*" ext="*" type="javadoc"/>
+
+        <override org="com.google.guava" module="guava" rev="33.4.0-jre"/>
+
+        <override org="org.apache.logging.log4j" module="log4j-api" rev="${log4j.version}"/>
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
diff --git a/Tika/ivysettings.xml b/Tika/ivysettings.xml
index fd792f6844..fe242a2517 100755
--- a/Tika/ivysettings.xml
+++ b/Tika/ivysettings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <ivysettings>
   <settings defaultResolver="main"/>
+  <property name="log4j.version" value="2.24.3"/>
+  
   <resolvers>
     <chain name="main">
         <ibiblio name="central" root="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" m2compatible="true"/>