diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13f8d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "gradle" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codacy.yml b/.github/workflows/codacy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..752ecc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codacy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+
+# This workflow checks out code, performs a Codacy security scan
+# and integrates the results with the
+# GitHub Advanced Security code scanning feature.  For more information on
+# the Codacy security scan action usage and parameters, see
+# https://github.com/codacy/codacy-analysis-cli-action.
+# For more information on Codacy Analysis CLI in general, see
+# https://github.com/codacy/codacy-analysis-cli.
+
+name: Codacy Security Scan
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [ main ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '41 23 * * 3'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  codacy-security-scan:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
+    name: Codacy Security Scan
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # Execute Codacy Analysis CLI and generate a SARIF output with the security issues identified during the analysis
+      - name: Run Codacy Analysis CLI
+        uses: codacy/codacy-analysis-cli-action@d840f886c4bd4edc059706d09c6a1586111c540b
+        with:
+          # Check https://github.com/codacy/codacy-analysis-cli#project-token to get your project token from your Codacy repository
+          # You can also omit the token and run the tools that support default configurations
+          project-token: ${{ secrets.CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
+          verbose: true
+          output: results.sarif
+          format: sarif
+          # Adjust severity of non-security issues
+          gh-code-scanning-compat: true
+          # Force 0 exit code to allow SARIF file generation
+          # This will handover control about PR rejection to the GitHub side
+          max-allowed-issues: 2147483647
+
+      # Upload the SARIF file generated in the previous step
+      - name: Upload SARIF results file
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v1
+        with:
+          sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b98835a..6678b8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 - Sambo Chea <sombochea@cubetiqs.com>
 
 ### Language and Framework
-- Spring Boot: 2.6.2
-- Kotlin: 1.6.10
-- Gradle: 7.3.2
\ No newline at end of file
+- Spring Boot: 2.6.6
+- Kotlin: 1.6.20
+- Gradle: 7.4.1
diff --git a/api/build.gradle.kts b/api/build.gradle.kts
index 45bb519..792b047 100644
--- a/api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ plugins {
 	kotlin("plugin.spring")
 }
 
-val kotlinVersion = "1.6.10"
-val springBootVersion = "2.6.2"
+val kotlinVersion = "1.6.20"
+val springBootVersion = "2.6.6"
 
 // find the last commit
 fun getGitHashLastCommit(): String {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ springBoot {
 
 dependencies {
 	// Migrating from SpringFox
-	implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.6.2")
+	implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.6.7")
 
 	// SPRING FRAMEWORK AND CORE
 	implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 23cb808..416fbe7 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
-    id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.6.2" apply false
+    id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.6.6" apply false
     id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.0.11.RELEASE" apply false
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.6.10" apply false
-    kotlin("plugin.spring") version "1.6.10" apply false
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.6.20" apply false
+    kotlin("plugin.spring") version "1.6.20" apply false
     // kotlin("plugin.jpa") version "1.6.10" apply false
 }
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ allprojects {
     ext["logback.version"] = "1.2.9"
 
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         maven("https://m.ctdn.net")
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 0606a35..72e3dee 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https://mirror.ctdn.net/gradle/gradle-7.3.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://mirror.ctdn.net/gradle/gradle-7.4.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
\ No newline at end of file
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists