diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 216df0589..bb58b3c26 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 wrapperVersion=3.3.4
 distributionType=only-script
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.16/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.10.0/apache-maven-3.10.0-bin.zip
diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 10eecfc75..87762b557 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
         <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
 
         <openhtmltopdf.version>1.0.10</openhtmltopdf.version>
-        <itext.version>9.7.1</itext.version>
+        <itext.version>9.8.0</itext.version>
         <jasperreports.version>7.0.8</jasperreports.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8a165b489..2cad43a81 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
         <!-- Runtime / library dependencies -->
         <flexmark.version>0.64.8</flexmark.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.48</lombok.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.20</slf4j.version>
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <mockito.version>5.24.0</mockito.version>
         <byteBuddy.version>1.18.14</byteBuddy.version>
-        <archunit.version>1.5.0</archunit.version>
+        <archunit.version>1.5.1</archunit.version>
         <jqwik.version>1.10.1</jqwik.version>
 
         <!-- Bundled fonts / emoji, pulled in at test scope only. Pinned to the
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 592ab1e3d..1b9b1cd5a 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <graphcompose.version>${project.version}</graphcompose.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
         <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!--
diff --git a/mvnw.cmd b/mvnw.cmd
index 92450f932..5761d9489 100644
--- a/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,189 +1,189 @@
-<# : batch portion
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.4
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
-@REM   MVNW_USERNAME/MVNW_PASSWORD - user and password for downloading maven
-@REM   MVNW_VERBOSE - true: enable verbose log; others: silence the output
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@IF "%__MVNW_ARG0_NAME__%"=="" (SET __MVNW_ARG0_NAME__=%~nx0)
-@SET __MVNW_CMD__=
-@SET __MVNW_ERROR__=
-@SET __MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE=%PSModulePath%
-@SET PSModulePath=
-@FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1* delims==" %%A IN (`powershell -noprofile "& {$scriptDir='%~dp0'; $script='%__MVNW_ARG0_NAME__%'; icm -ScriptBlock ([Scriptblock]::Create((Get-Content -Raw '%~f0'))) -NoNewScope}"`) DO @(
-  IF "%%A"=="MVN_CMD" (set __MVNW_CMD__=%%B) ELSE IF "%%B"=="" (echo %%A) ELSE (echo %%A=%%B)
-)
-@SET PSModulePath=%__MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE%
-@SET __MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE=
-@SET __MVNW_ARG0_NAME__=
-@SET MVNW_USERNAME=
-@SET MVNW_PASSWORD=
-@IF NOT "%__MVNW_CMD__%"=="" ("%__MVNW_CMD__%" %*)
-@echo Cannot start maven from wrapper >&2 && exit /b 1
-@GOTO :EOF
-: end batch / begin powershell #>
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-if ($env:MVNW_VERBOSE -eq "true") {
-  $VerbosePreference = "Continue"
-}
-
-# calculate distributionUrl, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
-$distributionUrl = (Get-Content -Raw "$scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties" | ConvertFrom-StringData).distributionUrl
-if (!$distributionUrl) {
-  Write-Error "cannot read distributionUrl property in $scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
-}
-
-switch -wildcard -casesensitive ( $($distributionUrl -replace '^.*/','') ) {
-  "maven-mvnd-*" {
-    $USE_MVND = $true
-    $distributionUrl = $distributionUrl -replace '-bin\.[^.]*$',"-windows-amd64.zip"
-    $MVN_CMD = "mvnd.cmd"
-    break
-  }
-  default {
-    $USE_MVND = $false
-    $MVN_CMD = $script -replace '^mvnw','mvn'
-    break
-  }
-}
-
-# apply MVNW_REPOURL and calculate MAVEN_HOME
-# maven home pattern: ~/.m2/wrapper/dists/{apache-maven-<version>,maven-mvnd-<version>-<platform>}/<hash>
-if ($env:MVNW_REPOURL) {
-  $MVNW_REPO_PATTERN = if ($USE_MVND -eq $False) { "/org/apache/maven/" } else { "/maven/mvnd/" }
-  $distributionUrl = "$env:MVNW_REPOURL$MVNW_REPO_PATTERN$($distributionUrl -replace "^.*$MVNW_REPO_PATTERN",'')"
-}
-$distributionUrlName = $distributionUrl -replace '^.*/',''
-$distributionUrlNameMain = $distributionUrlName -replace '\.[^.]*$','' -replace '-bin$',''
-
-$MAVEN_M2_PATH = "$HOME/.m2"
-if ($env:MAVEN_USER_HOME) {
-  $MAVEN_M2_PATH = "$env:MAVEN_USER_HOME"
-}
-
-if (-not (Test-Path -Path $MAVEN_M2_PATH)) {
-    New-Item -Path $MAVEN_M2_PATH -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
-}
-
-$MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS = $null
-if ((Get-Item $MAVEN_M2_PATH).Target[0] -eq $null) {
-  $MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS = "$MAVEN_M2_PATH/wrapper/dists"
-} else {
-  $MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS = (Get-Item $MAVEN_M2_PATH).Target[0] + "/wrapper/dists"
-}
-
-$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS/$distributionUrlNameMain"
-$MAVEN_HOME_NAME = ([System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256]::Create().ComputeHash([byte[]][char[]]$distributionUrl) | ForEach-Object {$_.ToString("x2")}) -join ''
-$MAVEN_HOME = "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME"
-
-if (Test-Path -Path "$MAVEN_HOME" -PathType Container) {
-  Write-Verbose "found existing MAVEN_HOME at $MAVEN_HOME"
-  Write-Output "MVN_CMD=$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
-  exit $?
-}
-
-if (! $distributionUrlNameMain -or ($distributionUrlName -eq $distributionUrlNameMain)) {
-  Write-Error "distributionUrl is not valid, must end with *-bin.zip, but found $distributionUrl"
-}
-
-# prepare tmp dir
-$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER = New-TemporaryFile
-$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR = New-Item -Itemtype Directory -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER.dir"
-$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER.Delete() | Out-Null
-trap {
-  if ($TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR.Exists) {
-    try { Remove-Item $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR -Recurse -Force | Out-Null }
-    catch { Write-Warning "Cannot remove $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" }
-  }
-}
-
-New-Item -Itemtype Directory -Path "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT" -Force | Out-Null
-
-# Download and Install Apache Maven
-Write-Verbose "Couldn't find MAVEN_HOME, downloading and installing it ..."
-Write-Verbose "Downloading from: $distributionUrl"
-Write-Verbose "Downloading to: $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName"
-
-$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
-if ($env:MVNW_USERNAME -and $env:MVNW_PASSWORD) {
-  $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($env:MVNW_USERNAME, $env:MVNW_PASSWORD)
-}
-[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
-$webclient.DownloadFile($distributionUrl, "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName") | Out-Null
-
-# If specified, validate the SHA-256 sum of the Maven distribution zip file
-$distributionSha256Sum = (Get-Content -Raw "$scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties" | ConvertFrom-StringData).distributionSha256Sum
-if ($distributionSha256Sum) {
-  if ($USE_MVND) {
-    Write-Error "Checksum validation is not supported for maven-mvnd. `nPlease disable validation by removing 'distributionSha256Sum' from your maven-wrapper.properties."
-  }
-  Import-Module $PSHOME\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility -Function Get-FileHash
-  if ((Get-FileHash "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower() -ne $distributionSha256Sum) {
-    Write-Error "Error: Failed to validate Maven distribution SHA-256, your Maven distribution might be compromised. If you updated your Maven version, you need to update the specified distributionSha256Sum property."
-  }
-}
-
-# unzip and move
-Expand-Archive "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -DestinationPath "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" | Out-Null
-
-# Find the actual extracted directory name (handles snapshots where filename != directory name)
-$actualDistributionDir = ""
-
-# First try the expected directory name (for regular distributions)
-$expectedPath = Join-Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" "$distributionUrlNameMain"
-$expectedMvnPath = Join-Path "$expectedPath" "bin/$MVN_CMD"
-if ((Test-Path -Path $expectedPath -PathType Container) -and (Test-Path -Path $expectedMvnPath -PathType Leaf)) {
-  $actualDistributionDir = $distributionUrlNameMain
-}
-
-# If not found, search for any directory with the Maven executable (for snapshots)
-if (!$actualDistributionDir) {
-  Get-ChildItem -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" -Directory | ForEach-Object {
-    $testPath = Join-Path $_.FullName "bin/$MVN_CMD"
-    if (Test-Path -Path $testPath -PathType Leaf) {
-      $actualDistributionDir = $_.Name
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-if (!$actualDistributionDir) {
-  Write-Error "Could not find Maven distribution directory in extracted archive"
-}
-
-Write-Verbose "Found extracted Maven distribution directory: $actualDistributionDir"
-Rename-Item -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$actualDistributionDir" -NewName $MAVEN_HOME_NAME | Out-Null
-try {
-  Move-Item -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME" -Destination $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT | Out-Null
-} catch {
-  if (! (Test-Path -Path "$MAVEN_HOME" -PathType Container)) {
-    Write-Error "fail to move MAVEN_HOME"
-  }
-} finally {
-  try { Remove-Item $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR -Recurse -Force | Out-Null }
-  catch { Write-Warning "Cannot remove $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" }
-}
-
-Write-Output "MVN_CMD=$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
+<# : batch portion
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.4
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
+@REM   MVNW_USERNAME/MVNW_PASSWORD - user and password for downloading maven
+@REM   MVNW_VERBOSE - true: enable verbose log; others: silence the output
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@IF "%__MVNW_ARG0_NAME__%"=="" (SET __MVNW_ARG0_NAME__=%~nx0)
+@SET __MVNW_CMD__=
+@SET __MVNW_ERROR__=
+@SET __MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE=%PSModulePath%
+@SET PSModulePath=
+@FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1* delims==" %%A IN (`powershell -noprofile "& {$scriptDir='%~dp0'; $script='%__MVNW_ARG0_NAME__%'; icm -ScriptBlock ([Scriptblock]::Create((Get-Content -Raw '%~f0'))) -NoNewScope}"`) DO @(
+  IF "%%A"=="MVN_CMD" (set __MVNW_CMD__=%%B) ELSE IF "%%B"=="" (echo %%A) ELSE (echo %%A=%%B)
+)
+@SET PSModulePath=%__MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE%
+@SET __MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE=
+@SET __MVNW_ARG0_NAME__=
+@SET MVNW_USERNAME=
+@SET MVNW_PASSWORD=
+@IF NOT "%__MVNW_CMD__%"=="" ("%__MVNW_CMD__%" %*)
+@echo Cannot start maven from wrapper >&2 && exit /b 1
+@GOTO :EOF
+: end batch / begin powershell #>
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+if ($env:MVNW_VERBOSE -eq "true") {
+  $VerbosePreference = "Continue"
+}
+
+# calculate distributionUrl, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+$distributionUrl = (Get-Content -Raw "$scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties" | ConvertFrom-StringData).distributionUrl
+if (!$distributionUrl) {
+  Write-Error "cannot read distributionUrl property in $scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+}
+
+switch -wildcard -casesensitive ( $($distributionUrl -replace '^.*/','') ) {
+  "maven-mvnd-*" {
+    $USE_MVND = $true
+    $distributionUrl = $distributionUrl -replace '-bin\.[^.]*$',"-windows-amd64.zip"
+    $MVN_CMD = "mvnd.cmd"
+    break
+  }
+  default {
+    $USE_MVND = $false
+    $MVN_CMD = $script -replace '^mvnw','mvn'
+    break
+  }
+}
+
+# apply MVNW_REPOURL and calculate MAVEN_HOME
+# maven home pattern: ~/.m2/wrapper/dists/{apache-maven-<version>,maven-mvnd-<version>-<platform>}/<hash>
+if ($env:MVNW_REPOURL) {
+  $MVNW_REPO_PATTERN = if ($USE_MVND -eq $False) { "/org/apache/maven/" } else { "/maven/mvnd/" }
+  $distributionUrl = "$env:MVNW_REPOURL$MVNW_REPO_PATTERN$($distributionUrl -replace "^.*$MVNW_REPO_PATTERN",'')"
+}
+$distributionUrlName = $distributionUrl -replace '^.*/',''
+$distributionUrlNameMain = $distributionUrlName -replace '\.[^.]*$','' -replace '-bin$',''
+
+$MAVEN_M2_PATH = "$HOME/.m2"
+if ($env:MAVEN_USER_HOME) {
+  $MAVEN_M2_PATH = "$env:MAVEN_USER_HOME"
+}
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -Path $MAVEN_M2_PATH)) {
+    New-Item -Path $MAVEN_M2_PATH -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
+}
+
+$MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS = $null
+if ((Get-Item $MAVEN_M2_PATH).Target[0] -eq $null) {
+  $MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS = "$MAVEN_M2_PATH/wrapper/dists"
+} else {
+  $MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS = (Get-Item $MAVEN_M2_PATH).Target[0] + "/wrapper/dists"
+}
+
+$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$MAVEN_WRAPPER_DISTS/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+$MAVEN_HOME_NAME = ([System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256]::Create().ComputeHash([byte[]][char[]]$distributionUrl) | ForEach-Object {$_.ToString("x2")}) -join ''
+$MAVEN_HOME = "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME"
+
+if (Test-Path -Path "$MAVEN_HOME" -PathType Container) {
+  Write-Verbose "found existing MAVEN_HOME at $MAVEN_HOME"
+  Write-Output "MVN_CMD=$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
+  exit $?
+}
+
+if (! $distributionUrlNameMain -or ($distributionUrlName -eq $distributionUrlNameMain)) {
+  Write-Error "distributionUrl is not valid, must end with *-bin.zip, but found $distributionUrl"
+}
+
+# prepare tmp dir
+$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER = New-TemporaryFile
+$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR = New-Item -Itemtype Directory -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER.dir"
+$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER.Delete() | Out-Null
+trap {
+  if ($TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR.Exists) {
+    try { Remove-Item $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR -Recurse -Force | Out-Null }
+    catch { Write-Warning "Cannot remove $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" }
+  }
+}
+
+New-Item -Itemtype Directory -Path "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT" -Force | Out-Null
+
+# Download and Install Apache Maven
+Write-Verbose "Couldn't find MAVEN_HOME, downloading and installing it ..."
+Write-Verbose "Downloading from: $distributionUrl"
+Write-Verbose "Downloading to: $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName"
+
+$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+if ($env:MVNW_USERNAME -and $env:MVNW_PASSWORD) {
+  $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($env:MVNW_USERNAME, $env:MVNW_PASSWORD)
+}
+[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
+$webclient.DownloadFile($distributionUrl, "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName") | Out-Null
+
+# If specified, validate the SHA-256 sum of the Maven distribution zip file
+$distributionSha256Sum = (Get-Content -Raw "$scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties" | ConvertFrom-StringData).distributionSha256Sum
+if ($distributionSha256Sum) {
+  if ($USE_MVND) {
+    Write-Error "Checksum validation is not supported for maven-mvnd. `nPlease disable validation by removing 'distributionSha256Sum' from your maven-wrapper.properties."
+  }
+  Import-Module $PSHOME\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility -Function Get-FileHash
+  if ((Get-FileHash "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower() -ne $distributionSha256Sum) {
+    Write-Error "Error: Failed to validate Maven distribution SHA-256, your Maven distribution might be compromised. If you updated your Maven version, you need to update the specified distributionSha256Sum property."
+  }
+}
+
+# unzip and move
+Expand-Archive "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -DestinationPath "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" | Out-Null
+
+# Find the actual extracted directory name (handles snapshots where filename != directory name)
+$actualDistributionDir = ""
+
+# First try the expected directory name (for regular distributions)
+$expectedPath = Join-Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" "$distributionUrlNameMain"
+$expectedMvnPath = Join-Path "$expectedPath" "bin/$MVN_CMD"
+if ((Test-Path -Path $expectedPath -PathType Container) -and (Test-Path -Path $expectedMvnPath -PathType Leaf)) {
+  $actualDistributionDir = $distributionUrlNameMain
+}
+
+# If not found, search for any directory with the Maven executable (for snapshots)
+if (!$actualDistributionDir) {
+  Get-ChildItem -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" -Directory | ForEach-Object {
+    $testPath = Join-Path $_.FullName "bin/$MVN_CMD"
+    if (Test-Path -Path $testPath -PathType Leaf) {
+      $actualDistributionDir = $_.Name
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (!$actualDistributionDir) {
+  Write-Error "Could not find Maven distribution directory in extracted archive"
+}
+
+Write-Verbose "Found extracted Maven distribution directory: $actualDistributionDir"
+Rename-Item -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$actualDistributionDir" -NewName $MAVEN_HOME_NAME | Out-Null
+try {
+  Move-Item -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME" -Destination $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT | Out-Null
+} catch {
+  if (! (Test-Path -Path "$MAVEN_HOME" -PathType Container)) {
+    Write-Error "fail to move MAVEN_HOME"
+  }
+} finally {
+  try { Remove-Item $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR -Recurse -Force | Out-Null }
+  catch { Write-Warning "Cannot remove $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" }
+}
+
+Write-Output "MVN_CMD=$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
diff --git a/qa/pom.xml b/qa/pom.xml
index ce5e1983a..51fb92e69 100644
--- a/qa/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/pom.xml
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         <mockito.version>5.24.0</mockito.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
         <pdfbox.version>3.0.8</pdfbox.version>
         <javafx.version>21.0.12</javafx.version>
         <!-- ArchUnit for the cross-module boundary guards below. Roughly in step
              with the engine pom's archunit.version; a drift is harmless (test-only,
              each module runs its own test JVM), so it is not version-guarded. -->
-        <archunit.version>1.5.0</archunit.version>
+        <archunit.version>1.5.1</archunit.version>
         <!-- graphcompose.fonts.version / graphcompose.emoji.version and
              maven.deploy.skip=true are inherited from the aggregator parent. -->
     </properties>
diff --git a/render-docx/pom.xml b/render-docx/pom.xml
index ae953e503..fcd4b3096 100644
--- a/render-docx/pom.xml
+++ b/render-docx/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <poi.version>5.5.1</poi.version>
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
         <graphcompose.fonts.version>1.1.0</graphcompose.fonts.version>
         <graphcompose.emoji.version>1.0.0</graphcompose.emoji.version>
 
diff --git a/render-pdf/pom.xml b/render-pdf/pom.xml
index d856c9037..6b3eb7b15 100644
--- a/render-pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/render-pdf/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         <mockito.version>5.24.0</mockito.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
         <graphcompose.fonts.version>1.1.0</graphcompose.fonts.version>
         <graphcompose.emoji.version>1.0.0</graphcompose.emoji.version>
 
diff --git a/render-pptx/pom.xml b/render-pptx/pom.xml
index ca7a6114f..164d01e33 100644
--- a/render-pptx/pom.xml
+++ b/render-pptx/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <pdfbox.version>3.0.8</pdfbox.version>
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
         <graphcompose.fonts.version>1.1.0</graphcompose.fonts.version>
 
         <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.16.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
diff --git a/templates/pom.xml b/templates/pom.xml
index 5fd800064..9a839271f 100644
--- a/templates/pom.xml
+++ b/templates/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <lombok.version>1.18.48</lombok.version>
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
 
         <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.16.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.5.1</maven.jar.plugin.version>
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index 80b846b45..f06340a30 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <jackson.bom.version>2.22.3</jackson.bom.version>
         <junit.bom.version>6.1.3</junit.bom.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
-        <logback.version>1.6.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
 
         <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.16.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.5.1</maven.jar.plugin.version>