diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 333851e..f4dbb78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This implementation starts based on CSSParser 0.9.25; we removed the sac depende
 
 We will try to stay in sync with CSSParser regarding the features in the future.
 
-[![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.htmlunit/htmlunit-cssparser/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.htmlunit/htmlunit-cssparser)
+[![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.htmlunit/htmlunit-cssparser)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.htmlunit/htmlunit-cssparser)
 
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ We will try to stay in sync with CSSParser regarding the features in the future.
 
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-### Latest release Version 4.18.0 / October 30, 2025
+### Latest release Version 4.19.0 / November 23, 2025
 
 ## Get it!
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit-cssparser</artifactId>
-    <version>4.18.0</version>
+    <version>4.19.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Add to your `pom.xml`:
 Add to your `build.gradle`:
 
 ```groovy
-implementation group: 'org.htmlunit', name: 'htmlunit-cssparser', version: '4.18.0'
+implementation group: 'org.htmlunit', name: 'htmlunit-cssparser', version: '4.19.0'
 ```
 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If you use maven please add:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>htmlunit-cssparser</artifactId>
-        <version>4.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.20.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 You have to add the sonatype-central snapshot repository to your pom `repositories` section also:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8977f67..6e843b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit-cssparser</artifactId>
-    <version>4.18.0</version>
+    <version>4.19.0</version>
     <name>HtmlUnit CSS Parser</name>
     <organization>
         <name>HtmlUnit</name>
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
-        <junit.version>5.14.0</junit.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
+        <junit.version>5.14.1</junit.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
 
         <!-- quality -->
-        <checkstyle.version>12.1.1</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>12.1.2</checkstyle.version>
         <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
         <gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</gpg-plugin.version>
         <enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.2</enforcer-plugin.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.14.1</compiler-plugin.version>
-        <jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</jar-plugin.version>
+        <jar-plugin.version>3.5.0</jar-plugin.version>
+        <release-plugin.version>3.2.0</release-plugin.version>
         <javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</javadoc-plugin.version>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <!--
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@
                   </execution>
               </executions>
             </plugin>
+            -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <version>${release-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>