diff --git a/LICENSES.txt b/LICENSES.txt
index 125a90ddcc..87c81332f3 100644
--- a/LICENSES.txt
+++ b/LICENSES.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Apache-2.0
   HikariCP-java7-2.4.12.jar
   RoaringBitmap-0.7.17.jar
   WMI4Java-1.6.3.jar
-  accessors-smart-2.4.9.jar
+  accessors-smart-2.5.0.jar
   annotations-17.0.0.jar
   apiguardian-api-1.1.0.jar
   arrow-format-12.0.1.jar
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ Apache-2.0
   audience-annotations-0.5.0.jar
   avro-1.7.7.jar
   awaitility-4.1.0.jar
-  aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.425.jar
-  aws-java-sdk-kms-1.12.425.jar
-  aws-java-sdk-s3-1.12.425.jar
+  aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.646.jar
+  aws-java-sdk-kms-1.12.646.jar
+  aws-java-sdk-s3-1.12.646.jar
   byte-buddy-1.11.13.jar
   byte-buddy-agent-1.11.13.jar
   caffeine-3.0.3.jar
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ Apache-2.0
   hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy-3.3.6.jar
   httpclient-4.5.13.jar
   httpcore-4.4.13.jar
-  ion-java-1.0.2.jar
   ipaddress-5.3.3.jar
   j2objc-annotations-2.8.jar
   jPowerShell-3.0.jar
@@ -130,14 +129,14 @@ Apache-2.0
   jetty-xml-9.4.53.v20231009.jar
   jffi-1.2.16-native.jar
   jffi-1.2.16.jar
-  jmespath-java-1.12.425.jar
+  jmespath-java-1.12.646.jar
   jna-5.9.0.jar
   jnr-constants-0.9.9.jar
   jnr-ffi-2.1.7.jar
   joda-time-2.8.1.jar
   json-io-2.5.1.jar
-  json-path-2.8.0.jar
-  json-smart-2.4.10.jar
+  json-path-2.9.0.jar
+  json-smart-2.5.0.jar
   jsr305-3.0.2.jar
   kerb-admin-1.0.1.jar
   kerb-client-1.0.1.jar
@@ -2827,6 +2826,7 @@ MIT
   neo4j-1.17.6.jar
   postgresql-1.17.6.jar
   slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar
+  slf4j-api-2.0.11.jar
   slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar
   slf4j-nop-1.7.30.jar
   slf4j-reload4j-1.7.36.jar
diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index ddeb867f07..086d74a15e 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Apache-2.0
   HikariCP-java7-2.4.12.jar
   RoaringBitmap-0.7.17.jar
   WMI4Java-1.6.3.jar
-  accessors-smart-2.4.9.jar
+  accessors-smart-2.5.0.jar
   annotations-17.0.0.jar
   apiguardian-api-1.1.0.jar
   arrow-format-12.0.1.jar
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ Apache-2.0
   audience-annotations-0.5.0.jar
   avro-1.7.7.jar
   awaitility-4.1.0.jar
-  aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.425.jar
-  aws-java-sdk-kms-1.12.425.jar
-  aws-java-sdk-s3-1.12.425.jar
+  aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.646.jar
+  aws-java-sdk-kms-1.12.646.jar
+  aws-java-sdk-s3-1.12.646.jar
   byte-buddy-1.11.13.jar
   byte-buddy-agent-1.11.13.jar
   caffeine-3.0.3.jar
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ Apache-2.0
   hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy-3.3.6.jar
   httpclient-4.5.13.jar
   httpcore-4.4.13.jar
-  ion-java-1.0.2.jar
   ipaddress-5.3.3.jar
   j2objc-annotations-2.8.jar
   jPowerShell-3.0.jar
@@ -160,14 +159,14 @@ Apache-2.0
   jetty-xml-9.4.53.v20231009.jar
   jffi-1.2.16-native.jar
   jffi-1.2.16.jar
-  jmespath-java-1.12.425.jar
+  jmespath-java-1.12.646.jar
   jna-5.9.0.jar
   jnr-constants-0.9.9.jar
   jnr-ffi-2.1.7.jar
   joda-time-2.8.1.jar
   json-io-2.5.1.jar
-  json-path-2.8.0.jar
-  json-smart-2.4.10.jar
+  json-path-2.9.0.jar
+  json-smart-2.5.0.jar
   jsr305-3.0.2.jar
   kerb-admin-1.0.1.jar
   kerb-client-1.0.1.jar
@@ -456,6 +455,7 @@ MIT
   neo4j-1.17.6.jar
   postgresql-1.17.6.jar
   slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar
+  slf4j-api-2.0.11.jar
   slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar
   slf4j-nop-1.7.30.jar
   slf4j-reload4j-1.7.36.jar
diff --git a/core-it/build.gradle b/core-it/build.gradle
index 48b83c2105..7dea8359a4 100644
--- a/core-it/build.gradle
+++ b/core-it/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':test-utils')
     testImplementation project(':core').sourceSets.test.output
 
-    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
+    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
     testImplementation group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-core', version: '2.9.1'
 
     configurations.all {
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index f20e307dd5..77f0e65aac 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
     apt group: 'org.neo4j', name: 'neo4j', version: neo4jVersionEffective
     implementation group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.14'
     // when json-path is changed, it have to be changed in json-path-version version in antora.yml as well.
-    implementation group: 'com.jayway.jsonpath', name: 'json-path', version: '2.8.0'
+    implementation group: 'com.jayway.jsonpath', name: 'json-path', version: '2.9.0'
     implementation group: 'org.hdrhistogram', name: 'HdrHistogram', version: '2.1.9'
 
     // compileOnly "org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.7.2"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation 'net.sourceforge.jexcelapi:jxl:2.6.12'
 
-    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
+    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
 
     testImplementation group: 'org.reflections', name: 'reflections', version: '0.9.12'
     testImplementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.13.1'
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:5.15.0'
     testImplementation 'org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:5.15.0'
 
-    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , withoutJacksons
-    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , withoutJacksons
+    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.646' , withoutJacksons
+    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.646' , withoutJacksons
 
     implementation group: 'com.opencsv', name: 'opencsv', version: '5.7.1'
     implementation group: 'commons-beanutils', name: 'commons-beanutils', version: '1.9.4'
diff --git a/extra-dependencies/aws/build.gradle b/extra-dependencies/aws/build.gradle
index 002be6fe5d..c2f91a71cc 100644
--- a/extra-dependencies/aws/build.gradle
+++ b/extra-dependencies/aws/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
-    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-sts', version: '1.12.425'
+    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
+    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-sts', version: '1.12.646'
 }
diff --git a/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle b/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle
index ef47462e6f..16b2f725e4 100644
--- a/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle
+++ b/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def withoutJacksons = {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , withoutJacksons
+    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.646' , withoutJacksons
     implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.module', name: 'jackson-module-kotlin', version: '2.14.0', withoutJacksons
     implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.6.0'
 }
diff --git a/full-it/build.gradle b/full-it/build.gradle
index b7ca13312a..f24db475d9 100644
--- a/full-it/build.gradle
+++ b/full-it/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':core').sourceSets.test.output
     testImplementation project(':full').sourceSets.test.output
 
-    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
+    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
     testImplementation group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-core', version: '2.9.1'
 
     configurations.all {
diff --git a/full/build.gradle b/full/build.gradle
index 23a65d8561..6a9145878a 100644
--- a/full/build.gradle
+++ b/full/build.gradle
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation 'net.sourceforge.jexcelapi:jxl:2.6.12'
 
-    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
-    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
+    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
+    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
 
     testImplementation group: 'org.reflections', name: 'reflections', version: '0.9.12'
 
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:5.15.0'
     testImplementation 'org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:5.15.0'
 
-    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , withoutJacksons
-    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , withoutJacksons
+    compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.646' , withoutJacksons
+    testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.646' , withoutJacksons
 
     implementation group: 'com.opencsv', name: 'opencsv', version: '5.7.1'
     implementation group: 'commons-beanutils', name: 'commons-beanutils', version: '1.9.4'
diff --git a/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest.kt b/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest.kt
index f97ed36bed..a350c88999 100644
--- a/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest.kt
+++ b/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest.kt
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ class AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest {
             val value = row1["value"] as Map<*, *>
             val entities = value["entities"] as List<*>
 
-            assertThat(entities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.5F, "text" to "token-1-index-0-batch-0", "type" to "COMMERCIAL_ITEM")))
-            assertThat(entities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.7F, "text" to "token-2-index-0-batch-0", "type" to "ORGANIZATION")))
+            assertThat(entities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.5F, "text" to "token-1-index-0-batch-0", "type" to "COMMERCIAL_ITEM", "blockReferences" to null)))
+            assertThat(entities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.7F, "text" to "token-2-index-0-batch-0", "type" to "ORGANIZATION", "blockReferences" to null)))
 
             assertTrue(it.hasNext())
 
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ class AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest {
             val value2 = row2["value"] as Map<*, *>
             val entities2 = value2["entities"] as List<*>
 
-            assertThat(entities2, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.5F, "text" to "token-1-index-1-batch-0", "type" to "COMMERCIAL_ITEM")))
-            assertThat(entities2, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.7F, "text" to "token-2-index-1-batch-0", "type" to "ORGANIZATION")))
+            assertThat(entities2, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.5F, "text" to "token-1-index-1-batch-0", "type" to "COMMERCIAL_ITEM", "blockReferences" to null)))
+            assertThat(entities2, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.7F, "text" to "token-2-index-1-batch-0", "type" to "ORGANIZATION", "blockReferences" to null)))
         }
     }
 
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ class AWSProceduresAPIWithDummyClientTest {
             val allEntities = value.stream().flatMap { v -> ((v as Map<*, *>)["entities"] as List<*>).stream() }.collect(Collectors.toList())
 
             // assert that we have entries from the 2nd batch
-            assertThat(allEntities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.5F, "text" to "token-1-index-0-batch-1", "type" to "COMMERCIAL_ITEM")))
-            assertThat(allEntities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.7F, "text" to "token-2-index-0-batch-1", "type" to "ORGANIZATION")))
+            assertThat(allEntities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.5F, "text" to "token-1-index-0-batch-1", "type" to "COMMERCIAL_ITEM", "blockReferences" to null)))
+            assertThat(allEntities, hasItem(mapOf("beginOffset" to null, "endOffset" to null, "score" to 0.7F, "text" to "token-2-index-0-batch-1", "type" to "ORGANIZATION", "blockReferences" to null)))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresTest.kt b/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresTest.kt
index 5c6e744404..92904512e0 100644
--- a/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresTest.kt
+++ b/full/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/aws/AWSProceduresTest.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class AWSProceduresTest {
 
         assertEquals(0L, transformedResults.value["index"])
         val entities = transformedResults.value["entities"] as List<Map<String, Object>>
-        assertEquals(mapOf("text" to "foo", "type" to "bar", "score" to 2.0F, "beginOffset" to 0L, "endOffset" to 3L), entities[0])
+        assertEquals(mapOf("text" to "foo", "type" to "bar", "score" to 2.0F, "beginOffset" to 0L, "endOffset" to 3L, "blockReferences" to null), entities[0])
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class AWSProceduresTest {
 
         assertEquals(1L, result2.value["index"])
         val entities = result2.value["entities"] as List<Map<String, Object>>
-        assertEquals(mapOf("text" to "foo", "type" to "bar", "score" to 2.0F, "beginOffset" to 0L, "endOffset" to 3L), entities[0])
+        assertEquals(mapOf("text" to "foo", "type" to "bar", "score" to 2.0F, "beginOffset" to 0L, "endOffset" to 3L, "blockReferences" to null), entities[0])
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/test-utils/build.gradle b/test-utils/build.gradle
index ef2a6303a9..a515c8234a 100644
--- a/test-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/test-utils/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     api group: 'org.neo4j.driver', name: 'neo4j-java-driver', version: '4.4.9'
     api group: 'org.jetbrains', name: 'annotations', version: "17.0.0"
-    api group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.425'
+    api group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.12.646'
 
     api group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-csv', version: '2.14.0'