diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f988b374..e7b67abc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 build
 out
 .idea
-.gradle
\ No newline at end of file
+.gradle
+bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6f0a3a9d..147565f2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ repositories {
     }
 }
 
-def buildInfoVersion = '2.41.13'
+def buildInfoVersion = '2.43.6'
+// Updated to 2.17.3 for security fixes - compatible with Java 8+
+def jacksonVersion = '2.17.3'
+
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.15.2'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: jacksonVersion
     implementation group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-npm', version: buildInfoVersion
     implementation group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-go', version: buildInfoVersion
     implementation group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-client', version: buildInfoVersion
     implementation group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-api', version: buildInfoVersion
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.15.2'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: jacksonVersion
     implementation(group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: '4.5.13') {
         exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
     }
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.11'
     implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '32.0.1-jre'
     implementation group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.13'
-    implementation group: 'com.jfrog', name: 'gradle-dep-tree', version: '3.0.1'
+    implementation group: 'com.jfrog', name: 'gradle-dep-tree', version: '3.2.1'
     implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.20.0'
     implementation(group: 'com.opencsv', name: 'opencsv', version: '5.11.1') {
         exclude group: 'common-collections', module: 'commons-collections'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jfrog/ide/common/nodes/subentities/ImpactPath.java b/src/main/java/com/jfrog/ide/common/nodes/subentities/ImpactPath.java
index c43bd171..96c241a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jfrog/ide/common/nodes/subentities/ImpactPath.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jfrog/ide/common/nodes/subentities/ImpactPath.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.jfrog.ide.common.nodes.subentities;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import lombok.Getter;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 @Getter
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class ImpactPath {
     @JsonProperty()
     private String name;
diff --git a/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/api/build.gradle b/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/api/build.gradle
index 492158b1..5660b719 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/api/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/api/build.gradle
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':shared')
-    implementation module("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4") {
-        dependency("commons-io:commons-io:1.2")
-    }
+    implementation "commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4"
+    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:1.2"
     implementation group: 'org.apache.wicket', name: 'wicket', version: '1.3.7'
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/build.gradle b/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/build.gradle
index 1b27b377..f7dfe943 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/resources/gradle/groovy/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath(group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-gradle', version: '4.+')
+        classpath(group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-gradle', version: '5.+')
     }
     configurations.classpath {
         resolutionStrategy {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/gradle/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/src/test/resources/gradle/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 64eba09f..e288028a 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/gradle/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/test/resources/gradle/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("org.jfrog.buildinfo", "build-info-extractor-gradle", "4.+")
+        classpath("org.jfrog.buildinfo", "build-info-extractor-gradle", "5.+")
     }
     configurations.classpath {
         resolutionStrategy {
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ configure<org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.dsl.ArtifactoryPluginConvention> {
     publish {
         repository {
             setRepoKey("libs-snapshot-local") // The Artifactory repository key to publish to
-            setUsername(findProperty("artifactory_user")) // The publisher user name
-            setPassword(findProperty("artifactory_password")) // The publisher password
+            setUsername(findProperty("artifactory_user")?.toString().orEmpty()) // The publisher user name
+            setPassword(findProperty("artifactory_password")?.toString().orEmpty()) // The publisher password
             // This is an optional section for configuring Ivy publication (when publishIvy = true).
             ivy {
                 setIvyLayout("[organization]/[module]/ivy-[revision].xml")
diff --git a/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/api/build.gradle b/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/api/build.gradle
index 492158b1..5660b719 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/api/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/api/build.gradle
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':shared')
-    implementation module("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4") {
-        dependency("commons-io:commons-io:1.2")
-    }
+    implementation "commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4"
+    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:1.2"
     implementation group: 'org.apache.wicket', name: 'wicket', version: '1.3.7'
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/build.gradle b/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/build.gradle
index 1304bf38..fcdd8a6f 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedGroovy/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath(group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-gradle', version: '4.+')
+        classpath(group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-gradle', version: '5.+')
     }
     configurations.classpath {
         resolutionStrategy {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedKotlin/build.gradle.kts b/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedKotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 645a07ea..44108172 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedKotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/test/resources/gradle/unresolvedKotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("org.jfrog.buildinfo", "build-info-extractor-gradle", "4.+")
+        classpath("org.jfrog.buildinfo", "build-info-extractor-gradle", "5.+")
     }
     configurations.classpath {
         resolutionStrategy {
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ configure<org.jfrog.gradle.plugin.artifactory.dsl.ArtifactoryPluginConvention> {
     publish {
         repository {
             setRepoKey("libs-snapshot-local") // The Artifactory repository key to publish to
-            setUsername(findProperty("artifactory_user")) // The publisher user name
-            setPassword(findProperty("artifactory_password")) // The publisher password
+            setUsername(findProperty("artifactory_user")?.toString().orEmpty()) // The publisher user name
+            setPassword(findProperty("artifactory_password")?.toString().orEmpty()) // The publisher password
             // This is an optional section for configuring Ivy publication (when publishIvy = true).
             ivy {
                 setIvyLayout("[organization]/[module]/ivy-[revision].xml")
diff --git a/src/test/resources/packageFinder/gradle/api/build.gradle b/src/test/resources/packageFinder/gradle/api/build.gradle
index 5b5b84c0..5130c1c8 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/packageFinder/gradle/api/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/resources/packageFinder/gradle/api/build.gradle
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':shared')
-    implementation module("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4") {
-        dependency("commons-io:commons-io:1.2")
-    }
+    implementation "commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4"
+    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:1.2"
     implementation group: 'org.apache.wicket', name: 'wicket', version: '1.3.7'
 
 }