diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 936334aefa29a5989e8e79243c956eaf4df98600..7399793b0d90683357bf0541d30db62aeb3fe85b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 		<!-- JUnit 5 for unit and regression testing -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-			<version>5.7.1</version>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<version>5.11.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -79,11 +79,34 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+
 		<!-- REST-assured for integration testing -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
-			<version>4.4.0</version>
+			<version>4.5.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+					<artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+					<artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
+			<version>4.5.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -94,6 +117,45 @@
 			<version>2.5.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- Spring Data JPA -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Spring Security for Password Encoding -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- H2 Database for development/testing -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+			<version>6.1.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>