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        Copyright (c) 2017-2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.\r
-       Copyright (c) 2020 Nokia. All rights reserved.\r
+       Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Nokia. All rights reserved.\r
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        Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not\r
        use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy\r
   <parent>\r
     <groupId>org.onap.oparent</groupId>\r
     <artifactId>oparent</artifactId>\r
-    <version>2.0.0</version>\r
+    <version>3.2.0</version>\r
     <relativePath/>\r
   </parent>\r
   <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors.ves</groupId>\r
   <artifactId>VESCollector</artifactId>\r
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>\r
+  <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>\r
   <name>dcaegen2-collectors-ves</name>\r
   <description>VESCollector</description>\r
   <properties>\r
        ${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-ut/jacoco.xml\r
     </sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>\r
     <!-- DEPENDENCY RELATED SETTINGS -->\r
-    <crypt-password.version>1.3.5</crypt-password.version>\r
-    <micrometer.version>1.4.2</micrometer.version>\r
-    <spring.version>2.2.2.RELEASE</spring.version>\r
+    <crypt-password.version>1.8.0</crypt-password.version>\r
+    <micrometer.version>1.6.5</micrometer.version>\r
+    <spring.version>2.4.3</spring.version>\r
     <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>\r
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>\r
     <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>2.9</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>\r
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>\r
     <docker-maven-plugin.version>1.2.0</docker-maven-plugin.version>\r
     <json-simple.version>1.1.1</json-simple.version>\r
-    <json-schema-validator.version>1.0.29</json-schema-validator.version>\r
-    <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>\r
-    <json.version>20160810</json.version>\r
+    <json-schema-validator.version>1.0.49</json-schema-validator.version>\r
+    <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>\r
+    <json.version>20210307</json.version>\r
     <cambriaClient.version>0.0.1</cambriaClient.version>\r
     <unirest-java.version>1.4.9</unirest-java.version>\r
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>\r
     <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>\r
-    <vavr.version>0.9.2</vavr.version>\r
-    <spring-boot-starter-log4j2.version>2.1.5.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-log4j2.version>\r
+    <vavr.version>0.10.3</vavr.version>\r
+    <spring-boot-starter-log4j2.version>2.4.3</spring-boot-starter-log4j2.version>\r
     <springfox-swagger2.version>3.0.0</springfox-swagger2.version>\r
     <junit.jupiter.version>5.7.1</junit.jupiter.version>\r
-    <mockito-junit-jupiter.version>2.23.0</mockito-junit-jupiter.version>\r
-    <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>\r
-    <jimfs.version>1.1</jimfs.version>\r
-    <wiremock-standalone.version>2.17.0</wiremock-standalone.version>\r
-    <spring-security-test.version>5.1.1.RELEASE</spring-security-test.version>\r
+    <mockito-junit-jupiter.version>3.8.0</mockito-junit-jupiter.version>\r
+    <assertj-core.version>3.19.0</assertj-core.version>\r
+    <jimfs.version>1.2</jimfs.version>\r
+    <wiremock-standalone.version>2.27.2</wiremock-standalone.version>\r
+    <spring-security-test.version>5.4.5</spring-security-test.version>\r
     <spring-boot-starter-test.version>2.2.13.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-test.version>\r
-    <api-custom-header.version>1.1.4</api-custom-header.version>\r
-    <functionaljava.version>4.8.1</functionaljava.version>\r
-    <external-schema-manager.version>1.4.3</external-schema-manager.version>\r
-    <sdk.version>1.4.2</sdk.version>\r
+    <api-custom-header.version>1.8.0</api-custom-header.version>\r
+    <functionaljava.version>4.9</functionaljava.version>\r
+    <external-schema-manager.version>1.8.0</external-schema-manager.version>\r
+    <sdk.version>1.8.0</sdk.version>\r
     <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>\r
   </properties>\r
   <build>\r