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+.. _dependencies-update-maven-plugins:
+
+Update Maven plugin versions for security, bugs, logs, etc
+==========================================================
+
+`spotbugs-maven-plugin <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.spotbugs/spotbugs-maven-plugin>`_
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code:: XML
+
+   <!-- SpotBugs Static Analysis -->
+   <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+   <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+   <version>4.7.3.4</version>
+
+`findsecbugs-plugin <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.h3xstream.findsecbugs/findsecbugs-plugin>`_
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code:: XML
+
+   <groupId>com.h3xstream.findsecbugs</groupId>
+   <artifactId>findsecbugs-plugin</artifactId>
+   <version>1.12.0</version>
+
+`slf4j-api <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api>`_
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code:: XML
+
+   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+   <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+   <version>2.0.7</version>
+
+`mockito-all <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.mockito/mockito-all>`_
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. code:: XML
+
+   <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+   <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+   <version>1.10.19</version>