diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/Libs.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/Libs.kt
index d002547..5873c10 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/Libs.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/be/simplenotes/Libs.kt
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ object Libs {
 
     object Database {
         const val flyway = "org.flywaydb:flyway-core:6.5.4"
-        const val hikariCP = "com.zaxxer:HikariCP:3.4.3"
+        const val hikariCP = "com.zaxxer:HikariCP:3.4.5"
 
         object Drivers {
             const val h2 = "com.h2database:h2:1.4.200"
-            const val mariadb = "org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.6.2"
+            const val mariadb = "org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.7.1"
         }
 
         object Ktorm {
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ object Libs {
     }
 
     object Lucene {
-        private const val version = "8.6.1"
+        private const val version = "8.7.0"
         const val core = "org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:$version"
         const val analyzersCommon = "org.apache.lucene:lucene-analyzers-common:$version"
         const val queryParser = "org.apache.lucene:lucene-queryparser:$version"
     }
 
     object Http4k {
-        private const val version = "3.268.0"
+        private const val version = "3.280.0"
         const val core = "org.http4k:http4k-core:$version"
         const val testingHamkrest = "org.http4k:http4k-testing-hamkrest:$version"
     }
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ object Libs {
     }
 
     object Kotlinx {
-        const val html = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-html-jvm:0.7.1"
+        const val html = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-html-jvm:0.7.2"
 
         object Serialization {
-            const val json = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json-jvm:1.0.0"
+            const val json = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json-jvm:1.0.1"
         }
     }
 
@@ -72,21 +72,21 @@ object Libs {
 
     const val arrowCoreData = "io.arrow-kt:arrow-core-data:0.11.0"
     const val commonsCompress = "org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.20"
-    const val javaJwt = "com.auth0:java-jwt:3.10.3"
+    const val javaJwt = "com.auth0:java-jwt:3.11.0"
     const val javaxServlet = "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1"
     const val jbcrypt = "org.mindrot:jbcrypt:0.4"
     const val konform = "io.konform:konform-jvm:0.2.0"
     const val owaspHtmlSanitizer = "com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer:20200713.1"
-    const val prettytime = "org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:4.0.5.Final"
-    const val snakeyaml = "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.26"
+    const val prettytime = "org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:4.0.6.Final"
+    const val snakeyaml = "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.27"
 
     object Test {
-        const val assertJ = "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.16.1"
-        const val hamkrest = "com.natpryce:hamkrest:1.7.0.3"
-        const val junit = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.6.2"
-        const val mockk = "io.mockk:mockk:1.10.0"
+        const val assertJ = "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.18.1"
+        const val hamkrest = "com.natpryce:hamkrest:1.8.0.1"
+        const val junit = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.7.0"
+        const val mockk = "io.mockk:mockk:1.10.2"
         const val faker = "com.github.javafaker:javafaker:1.0.2"
-        const val mariaTestContainer = "org.testcontainers:mariadb:1.15.0-rc2"
+        const val mariaTestContainer = "org.testcontainers:mariadb:1.15.0"
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/persistance/test/notes/BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest.kt b/persistance/test/notes/BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest.kt
index 99f8473..5855a68 100644
--- a/persistance/test/notes/BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest.kt
+++ b/persistance/test/notes/BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest.kt
@@ -54,13 +54,17 @@ internal abstract class BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest : DbTest() {
             val note = fakeNote()
 
             assertThat(noteRepo.create(user1.id, note))
-                .isEqualToIgnoringGivenFields(note, "uuid", "updatedAt", "public")
                 .hasNoNullFieldsOrProperties()
+                .usingRecursiveComparison()
+                .ignoringFields("uuid", "updatedAt", "public")
+                .isEqualTo(note)
 
             assertThat(db.notes.toList())
                 .hasSize(1)
                 .first()
-                .isEqualToIgnoringGivenFields(note, "uuid", "updatedAt", "public")
+                .usingRecursiveComparison()
+                .ignoringFields("uuid", "updatedAt", "public")
+                .isEqualTo(note)
         }
     }
 
@@ -220,7 +224,9 @@ internal abstract class BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest : DbTest() {
             assertThat(noteRepo.update(user1.id, note1.uuid, newNote1)).isNotNull
 
             assertThat(noteRepo.find(user1.id, note1.uuid))
-                .isEqualToComparingOnlyGivenFields(newNote1, "meta", "markdown", "html")
+                .usingRecursiveComparison()
+                .ignoringFields("updatedAt", "uuid", "public")
+                .isEqualTo(newNote1)
 
             val note2 = noteRepo.insertFakeNote(user1)
             val newNote2 = fakeNote().let {
@@ -230,7 +236,9 @@ internal abstract class BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest : DbTest() {
                 .isNotNull
 
             assertThat(noteRepo.find(user1.id, note2.uuid))
-                .isEqualToComparingOnlyGivenFields(newNote2, "meta", "markdown", "html")
+                .usingRecursiveComparison()
+                .ignoringFields("updatedAt", "uuid", "public")
+                .isEqualTo(newNote2)
         }
     }
 
@@ -321,7 +329,9 @@ internal abstract class BaseNoteRepositoryImplTest : DbTest() {
         val n = noteRepo.insertFakeNote(user1)
         noteRepo.makePublic(user1.id, n.uuid)
         assertThat(noteRepo.findPublic(n.uuid))
-            .isEqualToIgnoringGivenFields(n.copy(public = true), "updatedAt")
+            .usingRecursiveComparison()
+            .ignoringFields("updatedAt")
+            .isEqualTo(n.copy(public = true))
 
         noteRepo.makePrivate(user1.id, n.uuid)
         assertThat(noteRepo.findPublic(n.uuid)).isNull()
diff --git a/persistance/test/users/BaseUserRepositoryImplTest.kt b/persistance/test/users/BaseUserRepositoryImplTest.kt
index 3ab2eb3..8f4973d 100644
--- a/persistance/test/users/BaseUserRepositoryImplTest.kt
+++ b/persistance/test/users/BaseUserRepositoryImplTest.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ internal abstract class BaseUserRepositoryImplTest : DbTest() {
             val foundUserMaybe = userRepo.find(user.username)
             assertThat(foundUserMaybe).isNotNull
             val foundUser = foundUserMaybe!!
-            assertThat(foundUser).isEqualToIgnoringGivenFields(user, "id")
+            assertThat(foundUser)
+                .usingRecursiveComparison()
+                .ignoringFields("id")
+                .isEqualTo(user)
             assertThat(userRepo.exists(user.username)).isTrue
             assertThat(userRepo.find(foundUser.id)).isEqualTo(foundUser)
             assertThat(userRepo.exists(foundUser.id)).isTrue