diff --git a/sdc-workflow-designer-be/pom.xml b/sdc-workflow-designer-be/pom.xml
index a25d2fb..e7be72b 100644
--- a/sdc-workflow-designer-be/pom.xml
+++ b/sdc-workflow-designer-be/pom.xml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-workflow-designer</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdc-workflow-designer-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.boot.version>2.1.0.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
+        <spring.boot.version>2.3.10.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
         <mapstruct.version>1.3.1.Final</mapstruct.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.0</lombok.version>
-        <springfox.version>2.8.0</springfox.version>
+        <springfox.version>3.0.0</springfox.version>
         <jaxb.api.version>2.3.0</jaxb.api.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -50,7 +50,33 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>HdrHistogram</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.hdrhistogram</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>asm-analysis</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>asm-tree</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -61,15 +87,16 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
-            <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
-            <version>${springfox.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
-            <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>springfox-boot-starter</artifactId>
             <version>${springfox.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -96,6 +123,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.13</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
@@ -127,17 +161,23 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <version>1.15</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
             <artifactId>session-lib</artifactId>
             <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-be-common</groupId>
@@ -159,6 +199,22 @@
                     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>jnr-posix</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.github.jnr</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>jnr-ffi</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.github.jnr</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>zusammen-sdk</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>zusammen-commons-configuration</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>com.amdocs.zusammen</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
        <dependency>