diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4527b911c..582a0e660 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Apache StormCrawler is an open source collection of resources for building low-l
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-NOTE: These instructions assume that you have [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/install.html) installed. You will need to install [Apache Storm 2.8.4](http://storm.apache.org/) to run the crawler.
+NOTE: These instructions assume that you have [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/install.html) installed. You will need to install [Apache Storm 2.8.5](http://storm.apache.org/) to run the crawler.
 
 StormCrawler requires Java 17 or above. To execute tests, it requires you to have a locally installed and working Docker environment.
 
diff --git a/THIRD-PARTY.txt b/THIRD-PARTY.txt
index 1435c1b6f..10c379ef7 100644
--- a/THIRD-PARTY.txt
+++ b/THIRD-PARTY.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ List of third-party dependencies grouped by their license type.
         * Apache Commons Logging (commons-logging:commons-logging:1.3.5 - https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/)
         * Apache Commons Math (org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1 - http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-math/)
         * Apache FontBox (org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:3.0.5 - http://pdfbox.apache.org/)
-        * Apache Hadoop Client API (org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client-api:3.4.2 - no url defined)
-        * Apache Hadoop Client Runtime (org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client-runtime:3.4.2 - no url defined)
+        * Apache Hadoop Client API (org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client-api:3.4.3 - no url defined)
+        * Apache Hadoop Client Runtime (org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client-runtime:3.4.3 - no url defined)
         * Apache HBase - Client (org.apache.hbase:hbase-client:2.6.4-hadoop3 - https://hbase.apache.org/hbase-build-configuration/hbase-client)
         * Apache HBase - Common (org.apache.hbase:hbase-common:2.6.4-hadoop3 - https://hbase.apache.org/hbase-build-configuration/hbase-common)
         * Apache HBase - Hadoop Compatibility (org.apache.hbase:hbase-hadoop-compat:2.6.4-hadoop3 - https://hbase.apache.org/hbase-build-configuration/hbase-hadoop-compat)
@@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ List of third-party dependencies grouped by their license type.
         * rome (com.rometools:rome:2.1.0 - http://rometools.com/rome)
         * rome-utils (com.rometools:rome-utils:2.1.0 - http://rometools.com/rome-utils)
         * server (org.opensearch:opensearch:2.19.5 - https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch.git)
-        * Shaded Deps for Storm Client (org.apache.storm:storm-shaded-deps:2.8.4 - https://storm.apache.org/storm-shaded-deps)
+        * Shaded Deps for Storm Client (org.apache.storm:storm-shaded-deps:2.8.5 - https://storm.apache.org/storm-shaded-deps)
         * SnakeYAML (org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.6 - https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml)
         * snappy-java (org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.4 - https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java)
         * sniffer (org.opensearch.client:opensearch-rest-client-sniffer:2.19.5 - https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch.git)
         * SparseBitSet (com.zaxxer:SparseBitSet:1.3 - https://github.com/brettwooldridge/SparseBitSet)
-        * storm-autocreds (org.apache.storm:storm-autocreds:2.8.4 - https://storm.apache.org/external/storm-autocreds)
-        * Storm Client (org.apache.storm:storm-client:2.8.4 - https://storm.apache.org/storm-client)
-        * storm-hdfs (org.apache.storm:storm-hdfs:2.8.4 - https://storm.apache.org/external/storm-hdfs)
+        * storm-autocreds (org.apache.storm:storm-autocreds:2.8.5 - https://storm.apache.org/external/storm-autocreds)
+        * Storm Client (org.apache.storm:storm-client:2.8.5 - https://storm.apache.org/storm-client)
+        * storm-hdfs (org.apache.storm:storm-hdfs:2.8.5 - https://storm.apache.org/external/storm-hdfs)
         * swagger-annotations-jakarta (io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-annotations-jakarta:2.2.22 - https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core/modules/swagger-annotations-jakarta)
         * T-Digest (com.tdunning:t-digest:3.2 - https://github.com/tdunning/t-digest)
         * urlfrontier-API (com.github.crawler-commons:urlfrontier-API:2.5 - https://github.com/crawler-commons/url-frontier/urlfrontier-API)
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ List of third-party dependencies grouped by their license type.
 
         * Angus Activation Registries (org.eclipse.angus:angus-activation:2.0.2 - https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/angus-activation/angus-activation)
         * istack common utility code runtime (com.sun.istack:istack-commons-runtime:4.1.2 - https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j/istack-commons/istack-commons-runtime)
-        * Jakarta XML Binding API (jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:4.0.4 - https://github.com/jakartaee/jaxb-api/jakarta.xml.bind-api)
+        * Jakarta XML Binding API (jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:4.0.5 - https://github.com/jakartaee/jaxb-api/jakarta.xml.bind-api)
         * JavaBeans Activation Framework (com.sun.activation:jakarta.activation:1.2.1 - https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jaf/jakarta.activation)
         * JavaBeans Activation Framework API jar (jakarta.activation:jakarta.activation-api:1.2.1 - https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jaf/jakarta.activation-api)
         * JAXB Core (org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-core:4.0.5 - https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jaxb-ri/)
diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
index 8a5e2bbd6..797b77b2a 100644
--- a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Have a look at the code and resources and modify them to your heart's content.
 
 ## Native
 
-You need to install Apache Storm. The instructions on [setting up a Storm cluster](https://storm.apache.org/releases/2.8.4/Setting-up-a-Storm-cluster.html) should help.
+You need to install Apache Storm. The instructions on [setting up a Storm cluster](https://storm.apache.org/releases/2.8.5/Setting-up-a-Storm-cluster.html) should help.
 You also need to have an instance of URLFrontier running. See [the URLFrontier README](https://github.com/crawler-commons/url-frontier/tree/master/service); the easiest way is to use Docker, like so:
 
 ```
diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 334f128fd..745bab28e 100644
--- a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ under the License.
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <stormcrawler.version>${project.version}</stormcrawler.version>
-        <storm.version>2.8.4</storm.version>
+        <storm.version>2.8.5</storm.version>
         <urlfrontier.version>2.4</urlfrontier.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/external/opensearch/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/external/opensearch/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 0568353e6..19f7df284 100644
--- a/external/opensearch/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/external/opensearch/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ under the License.
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <stormcrawler.version>${StormCrawlerVersion}</stormcrawler.version>
-        <storm.version>2.8.4</storm.version>
+        <storm.version>2.8.5</storm.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/external/solr/README.md b/external/solr/README.md
index d5b46065e..42fd93007 100644
--- a/external/solr/README.md
+++ b/external/solr/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You'll be asked to enter a groupId (e.g. com.mycompany.crawler), an artefactId (
 
 This will not only create a fully formed project containing a POM with the dependency above but also a set of resources, configuration files and sample topology classes. Enter the directory you just created (should be the same as the artefactId you specified earlier) and follow the instructions on the README file.
 
-You will of course need to have both Apache Storm (2.8.4) and Apache Solr (9.8.0) installed.
+You will of course need to have both Apache Storm (2.8.5) and Apache Solr (9.8.0) installed.
 
 Official references:
 * [Apache Storm: Setting Up a Development Environment](https://storm.apache.org/releases/current/Setting-up-development-environment.html)
diff --git a/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md b/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
index 1f0e26130..43d1da230 100644
--- a/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
+++ b/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This has been generated by the StormCrawler Maven Archetype as a starting point for building your own crawler with [Apache Solr](https://solr.apache.org/) as a backend.
 Have a look at the code and resources and modify them to your heart's content.
 
-You need to have Apache Storm (2.8.4) installed, as well as a running instance of Apache Solr (9.8.0).
+You need to have Apache Storm (2.8.5) installed, as well as a running instance of Apache Solr (9.8.0).
 
 ## Generated resources
 
diff --git a/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index ae7fa7ed7..4927ee2e3 100644
--- a/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/external/solr/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ under the License.
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <stormcrawler.version>${StormCrawlerVersion}</stormcrawler.version>
-        <storm.version>2.8.4</storm.version>
+        <storm.version>2.8.5</storm.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 023a156e3..eb8394cff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ under the License.
         <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
         <!-- dependency versions -->
         <junit.version>6.0.3</junit.version>
-        <storm-client.version>2.8.4</storm-client.version>
+        <storm-client.version>2.8.5</storm-client.version>
         <!-- Jackson's version should be in-line with the one in Storm -->
         <jackson-annotations.version>2.20</jackson-annotations.version>
         <jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>