diff --git a/engine/node/score-node-api/src/main/java/io/cloudslang/engine/node/entities/WorkerNode.java b/engine/node/score-node-api/src/main/java/io/cloudslang/engine/node/entities/WorkerNode.java
index b0e9eb9a3..9f10b39fe 100644
--- a/engine/node/score-node-api/src/main/java/io/cloudslang/engine/node/entities/WorkerNode.java
+++ b/engine/node/score-node-api/src/main/java/io/cloudslang/engine/node/entities/WorkerNode.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import jakarta.persistence.TemporalType;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.Size;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.DynamicUpdate;
-import org.hibernate.annotations.SelectBeforeUpdate;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "OO_WORKER_NODES")
-@DynamicUpdate(value = true)
-@SelectBeforeUpdate(value = true)
+@DynamicUpdate
 public class WorkerNode extends AbstractIdentifiable implements Worker {
     public static final String[] DEFAULT_WORKER_GROUPS = {TempConstants.DEFAULT_GROUP};
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ad05f8e5..c9bf1e070 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
         <oracle.version>23.5.0.24.07</oracle.version>
         <jtds.version>1.3.0</jtds.version>
         <postgres.driver.version>42.7.7</postgres.driver.version>
-        <spring.version>6.2.15</spring.version>
-        <hibernate.version>6.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <spring.version>7.0.4</spring.version>
+        <hibernate.version>7.2.4.Final</hibernate.version>
         <querydsl.version>5.6.1</querydsl.version>
         <!--Project properties-->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.2</version>
+                <version>4.0.2</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -308,8 +308,9 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.1</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
             </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-                <version>6.2.5.Final</version>
+                <version>9.1.0.Final</version>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
             <!-- end of hibernate artifacts -->
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- DB drivers -->
             <dependency>