diff --git a/backend/manager/modules/restapi/interface/definition/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/rsdl/RsdlManager.java b/backend/manager/modules/restapi/interface/definition/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/rsdl/RsdlManager.java
index e1c829d62be..ebb71692170 100644
--- a/backend/manager/modules/restapi/interface/definition/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/rsdl/RsdlManager.java
+++ b/backend/manager/modules/restapi/interface/definition/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/rsdl/RsdlManager.java
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.ObjectFactory;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Rsdl;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.utils.ApiRootLinksCreator;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.LoaderOptions;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.CustomClassLoaderConstructor;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.inspector.TagInspector;
 
 public class RsdlManager {
 
@@ -112,7 +114,10 @@ private static MetaData loadMetaData() throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static MetaData loadMetaData(InputStream in) throws IOException {
-        Constructor constructor = new CustomClassLoaderConstructor(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
+        LoaderOptions loaderOptions = new LoaderOptions();
+        TagInspector tagInspector = tag -> tag.getClassName().equals(MetaData.class.getName());
+        loaderOptions.setTagInspector(tagInspector);
+        Constructor constructor = new CustomClassLoaderConstructor(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(), loaderOptions);
         MetaData metaData = (MetaData) new Yaml(constructor).load(in);
         if (metaData == null) {
             throw new IOException("Can't load metadata from input stream");
diff --git a/i18n/pom.xml b/i18n/pom.xml
index df7fc7ac772..7737ee9ffec 100644
--- a/i18n/pom.xml
+++ b/i18n/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.5</maven-resources-plugin.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
-    <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
+    <snakeyaml.version>2.4</snakeyaml.version>
 
     <working-zanata-directory>target/zanata</working-zanata-directory>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d43d7ec718..a163e974411 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
     <gwtbootstrap3.version>0.9.4</gwtbootstrap3.version>
     <gwtp.version>1.6</gwtp.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-    <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.18.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+    <hibernate-validator.version>6.2.5.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
     <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
     <httpcore.version>4.4.14</httpcore.version>
-    <infinispan.version>9.4.18.Final</infinispan.version>
+    <infinispan.version>14.0.34.Final</infinispan.version>
     <istack-commons-runtime.version>3.0.10</istack-commons-runtime.version>
     <jackson2.version>2.12.7</jackson2.version>
     <jackson2-databind.version>2.12.7.1</jackson2-databind.version>
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@
     <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
     <mockito.version>3.8.0</mockito.version>
     <openstack-client.version>3.2.9</openstack-client.version>
-    <postgres.jdbc.version>42.2.27</postgres.jdbc.version>
+    <postgres.jdbc.version>42.7.5</postgres.jdbc.version>
     <reflections.version>0.9.9</reflections.version>
     <resteasy.version>3.9.3.Final</resteasy.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
-    <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
-    <spring.version>5.3.27</spring.version>
-    <sshd-core.version>2.9.2</sshd-core.version>
+    <snakeyaml.version>2.4</snakeyaml.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.39</spring.version>
+    <sshd-core.version>2.14.0</sshd-core.version>
     <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
     <ws-commons-util.version>1.0.2</ws-commons-util.version>
     <xmlrpc-client.version>3.1.3</xmlrpc-client.version>