diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 532b1d4d04..d2a9506ee7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.5</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 896b1269e5..f79b662c36 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,23 +23,10 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <!-- Dependency versions -->
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
         <wicket.version>10.4.0</wicket.version>
-
-        <!-- See https://hibernate.org/orm/releases/ for which version Hibernate implements -->
         <jakarta.persistence-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.persistence-api.version>
-        <hibernate.version>6.5.0.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mariadb-java-client.version>3.2.0</mariadb-java-client.version>
-
         <querydsl.version>5.0.0</querydsl.version>
-        <jakarta.servlet.version>5.0.0</jakarta.servlet.version>
-        <junit.version>5.9.3</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.3.1</mockito.version>
-        <flyway.version>9.19.1</flyway.version>
-        <jersey.version>3.1.6</jersey.version>
         <poi.version>5.2.5</poi.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.17.0</jackson.version>
 
         <!--
             When updating spring-boot check if the transitive dependency on json-smart has been
@@ -114,47 +101,6 @@
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
 
-            <!--  Servlet API, needed for compilation. -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${jakarta.servlet.version}</version>
-                <scope>provided</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- LOGGING DEPENDENCIES -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
-                <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-                <version>${mariadb-java-client.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!--QueryDSL-->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
-                <artifactId>querydsl-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${querydsl.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
                 <artifactId>querydsl-jpa</artifactId>
@@ -162,41 +108,6 @@
                 <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
             </dependency>
 
-            <!-- JPA -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${jakarta.persistence-api.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <!-- Hibernate impl -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
-                <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
-                <scope>runtime</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- Jersey/Jax-Rs -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jersey-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${jersey.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
             <!-- Additional dependencies -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -204,22 +115,6 @@
                 <version>32.0.1-jre</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>jakarta.mail</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.mail-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.3</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.3</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.eclipse.angus</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.mail</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.2</version>
-                <scope>runtime</scope>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <!--
                 2.5.1 is brought in transitively by
@@ -235,32 +130,6 @@
                 <version>2.5.2</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <!-- Test stuff -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${junit.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-                <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-                <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-                <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-                <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
@@ -271,16 +140,6 @@
                 <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
                 <version>${poi.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
-                <artifactId>flyway-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${flyway.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
-                <artifactId>flyway-mysql</artifactId>
-                <version>${flyway.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
@@ -320,7 +179,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>