diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8edafee..dee0ef7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <artifactId>normalizer</artifactId>
     <name>Phonenumber Normalizer</name>
     <description>Library to work with phonenumbers, especially to fix googles PhoneLib ignoring German Landline specifics.</description>
-    <version>1.1.18-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.18</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <url>https://github.com/telekom/phonenumber-normalizer</url>
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.libphonenumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>libphonenumber</artifactId>
-            <version>8.13.28</version>
+            <version>8.13.29</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@
             <scope>provided</scope> <!-- must be provided, see docs -->
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!--
+        TODO: need to upgrade spring context to 6.x
+        -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-            <version>5.3.27</version>
+            <version>5.3.31</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.libphonenumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>geocoder</artifactId>
-            <version>2.222</version>
+            <version>2.223</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>