diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fbbd30b..efa25ee 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
 	id 'java'
-	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.4.0'
-	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.6'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.5.9'
+	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.7'
 }
 
 group = 'app.mealsmadeeasy'
@@ -54,17 +54,17 @@ dependencies {
 	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
 
 	// Custom
-	implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.12.6'
-	implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.12.6'
-	runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.12.6'
+	implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.13.0'
+	implementation 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.13.0'
+	runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.13.0'
 
-	implementation 'org.commonmark:commonmark:0.24.0'
-	implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.18.3'
-	implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.18.2'
+	implementation 'org.commonmark:commonmark:0.27.0'
+	implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.21.2'
+	implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.20.1'
 
-	implementation 'io.minio:minio:8.5.14'
+	implementation 'io.minio:minio:8.6.0'
 
-	compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.1'
+	compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.twelvemonkeys.imageio/imageio-webp
     runtimeOnly 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-webp:3.12.0'
@@ -75,13 +75,11 @@ dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.xmlgraphics/batik-all
     runtimeOnly 'org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-all:1.19'
 
-	compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.1.0'
-
 	// Custom testing
 	testRuntimeOnly 'com.h2database:h2'
-	testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.20.4'
-	testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.20.4'
-	testImplementation "org.testcontainers:minio:1.20.4"
+	testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.21.4'
+	testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:1.21.4'
+	testImplementation "org.testcontainers:minio:1.21.4"
 
 	testFixturesImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:3.0'
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
index 9e32af3..2f12c89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.config.Customizer;
@@ -58,15 +59,14 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     public DaoAuthenticationProvider daoAuthenticationProvider() {
-        final var provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
-        provider.setUserDetailsService(this.jpaUserDetailsService);
-        provider.setPasswordEncoder(this.passwordEncoder());
+        final var provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider(this.jpaUserDetailsService);
+        provider.setPasswordEncoder(this.beanFactory.getBean(PasswordEncoder.class));
         return provider;
     }
 
     @Bean
     public AuthenticationManager authenticationManager() {
-        return new ProviderManager(this.daoAuthenticationProvider());
+        return new ProviderManager(this.beanFactory.getBean(AuthenticationProvider.class));
     }
 
 }