diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d154d0880..879f561f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
     <asciidoctorj.version>3.0.0</asciidoctorj.version>
-    <bootstrap.version>5.3.3</bootstrap.version>
+    <bootstrap.version>5.3.5</bootstrap.version>
     <cglib.version>3.3.0</cglib.version>
     <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->
     <checkstyle.version>3.6.0</checkstyle.version>
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
     <commons-compress.version>1.27.1</commons-compress.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.13.0</commons-text.version>
-    <guava.version>33.4.6-jre</guava.version>
+    <guava.version>33.4.7-jre</guava.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
     <java.version>23</java.version>
     <jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <jose4j.version>0.9.3</jose4j.version>
     <jquery.version>3.7.1</jquery.version>
     <jsoup.version>1.19.1</jsoup.version>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <thymeleaf.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
     <waittimeForServerStart>60</waittimeForServerStart>
-    <webdriver.version>6.0.0</webdriver.version>
+    <webdriver.version>6.0.1</webdriver.version>
     <webgoat.context>/WebGoat</webgoat.context>
     <webgoat.port>8080</webgoat.port>
     <webgoat.sslenabled>false</webgoat.sslenabled>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.36</version>
+      <version>1.18.38</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>600</forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>
           <!-- Necessary for vulnerable components lesson -->
-          <argLine>--add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
+          <argLine>--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
           --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
           --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
           --add-opens java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.desktop/java.awt.font=ALL-UNNAMED
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@
                     <argument>-Dwebgoat.server.directory=${java.io.tmpdir}/webgoat_${webgoat.port}</argument>
                     <argument>-Dwebgoat.user.directory=${java.io.tmpdir}/webgoat_${webgoat.port}</argument>
                     <argument>-Dspring.main.banner-mode=off</argument>
+                    <argument>--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED</argument>
                     <argument>--add-opens</argument>
                     <argument>java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED</argument>
                     <argument>--add-opens</argument>
diff --git a/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/PlaywrightTest.java b/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/PlaywrightTest.java
index 8f429573c..744c4aa91 100644
--- a/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/PlaywrightTest.java
+++ b/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/PlaywrightTest.java
@@ -19,12 +19,17 @@ public class PlaywrightTest {
   public static class WebGoatOptions implements OptionsFactory {
     @Override
     public Options getOptions() {
-      return new Options().setHeadless(true).setContextOptions(getContextOptions());
+      return new Options()
+              .setHeadless(true)
+              .setContextOptions(getContextOptions());
     }
+
   }
 
   protected static Browser.NewContextOptions getContextOptions() {
-    return new Browser.NewContextOptions().setBaseURL(webGoatUrlConfig.getBaseUrl());
+    return new Browser.NewContextOptions()
+            .setLocale("en-US")
+            .setBaseURL(webGoatUrlConfig.getBaseUrl());
   }
 
   public static String webGoatUrl(String path) {
diff --git a/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/RegistrationUITest.java b/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/RegistrationUITest.java
index e8dfff715..2ae141980 100644
--- a/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/RegistrationUITest.java
+++ b/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/RegistrationUITest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class RegistrationUITest extends PlaywrightTest {
   @Test
   @DisplayName("Should register a new user")
   void registerNewUser(Browser browser) {
-    var page = browser.newContext().newPage();
+    var page = browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions().setLocale("en-US")).newPage();
     var registrationPage = new RegistrationPage(page);
     registrationPage.open();
 
diff --git a/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/helpers/Authentication.java b/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/helpers/Authentication.java
index 914106ed9..489b21090 100644
--- a/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/helpers/Authentication.java
+++ b/src/it/java/org/owasp/webgoat/playwright/webgoat/helpers/Authentication.java
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ public class Authentication {
 
   public static Page sylvester(Browser browser) {
     User user = login(browser, sylvester);
-    return browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions().setStorageState(user.auth)).newPage();
+    return browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions().setLocale("en-US").setStorageState(user.auth)).newPage();
   }
 
   public static Page tweety(Browser browser) {
     User user = login(browser, tweety);
-    return browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions().setStorageState(user.auth)).newPage();
+    return browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions().setLocale("en-US").setStorageState(user.auth)).newPage();
   }
 
   private static User login(Browser browser, User user) {
     if (user.loggedIn()) {
       return user;
     }
-    var page = browser.newContext().newPage();
+    var page = browser.newContext(new Browser.NewContextOptions().setLocale("en-US")).newPage();
     RegistrationPage registrationPage = new RegistrationPage(page);
     registrationPage.open();
     registrationPage.register(user.name, user.password);