diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle b/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle
index 91e2fad0..e47c417b 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCA/build.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.minimal.json
 
     implementation libs.pci
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the apache http client dependency
     implementation libs.apacheHttpClient
 
@@ -33,9 +34,12 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.data.jpa
     implementation libs.spring.retry
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.web
+
+    // explicitly include the patched version of the spring framework webmvc dependency
     implementation libs.spring.framework.webmvc
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the logback-core dependency
-    //implementation libs.logback.classic
+    implementation libs.logback.classic
 
     compileOnly libs.lombok
     annotationProcessor libs.lombok
@@ -44,10 +48,13 @@ dependencies {
     annotationProcessor libs.spotbugs.annotations
 
     testImplementation libs.commons.io
-    testImplementation libs.spring.boot.starter.test
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the logback-core dependency
     testImplementation libs.logback.classic
 
+    testImplementation libs.spring.boot.starter.test
+
+
     testCompileOnly libs.lombok
     testAnnotationProcessor libs.lombok
 }
diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle b/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle
index 18c8a3d0..7d8d60ce 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCAPortal/build.gradle
@@ -37,29 +37,48 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.jakarta.xml
 
     implementation libs.pci
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the apache http client dependency
     implementation libs.apacheHttpClient
 
     implementation libs.mariadb.java.client
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.web
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the snake yaml dependency
     implementation libs.snake.yaml
-    //implementation libs.spring.framework.webmvc
-    //implementation libs.logback.classic
+
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.validation
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.data.jpa
     implementation libs.spring.boot.starter.log4j2
+
+    // explicitly include the patched version of the spring framework jdbc dependency
+    implementation libs.spring.framework.jdbc
+
+    // explicitly include the patched version of spring framework expression dependency
+    implementation libs.spring.framework.expression
+
+    // explicitly include the patched version of the tomcat embed core dependency
+    implementation libs.tomcat.embed.core
+
     implementation libs.tomcat.embed.jasper
-    //implementation "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:11.0.0"
+
+    // explicitly include the patched version of the tomcat embed websocket dependency
+    implementation libs.tomcat.embed.websocket
 
     compileOnly libs.lombok
     annotationProcessor libs.lombok
 
+    // explicitly include the patched version of the json path dependency
+    testImplementation libs.jsonPath
+
     testImplementation libs.hsqldb
     testImplementation libs.spring.boot.starter.test
 
     testCompileOnly libs.lombok
     testAnnotationProcessor libs.lombok
+
+    // explicitly include the patched version of the xmlunit-core dependency
+    testImplementation libs.xmlunit.core
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/HIRS_Structs/build.gradle b/HIRS_Structs/build.gradle
index ffb949f9..4c69c7ac 100644
--- a/HIRS_Structs/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_Structs/build.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dependencies {
     annotationProcessor libs.lombok
 
     testImplementation libs.spring.boot.starter.test
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the logback-core dependency
     testImplementation libs.logback.classic
 
diff --git a/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle b/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
index a0fe5c75..0f79d21a 100644
--- a/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ dependencies {
     // explicitly include the patched version of the apache http client dependency
     implementation libs.apacheHttpClient
 
-    implementation libs.slf4j.simple
-
     compileOnly libs.lombok
     annotationProcessor libs.lombok
 
     testImplementation libs.spring.boot.starter.test
+
     // explicitly include the patched version of the logback-core dependency
     testImplementation libs.logback.classic
+
     testImplementation project(path: ':HIRS_AttestationCA')
 
     testCompileOnly libs.lombok
diff --git a/gradle/versions.toml b/gradle/versions.toml
index 6e5d4fec..0e823bf2 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/versions.toml
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ pciVersion = "0.3"
 protobufJavaVersion = "4.28.3"
 snakeYamlVersion = "2.0"
 springBootVersion = "3.4.1"
-springCoreVersion = "6.2.1"
+springFrameworkVersion = "6.2.1"
 springRetryVersion = "2.0.10"
 tomcatVersion = "10.1.34"
 
 #test dependencies versions
 hsqldbVersion = "2.7.3"
-slf4jVersion = "2.0.16"
+jsonPathVersion = "2.9.0"
 spotBugAnnotationVersion = "4.8.6"
+xmlunitCoreVersion = "2.10.0"
 
 [libraries]
 apacheHttpClient = { module = "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient", version.ref = "apacheHttpClientVersion" }
@@ -53,20 +54,25 @@ mariadb-java-client = { module = "org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client", version
 minimal-json = { module = "com.eclipsesource.minimal-json:minimal-json", version.ref = "minimalJsonVersion" }
 pci = { module = "com.github.marandus:pci-ids", version.ref = "pciVersion" }
 protobuf-java = { module = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java", version.ref = "protobufJavaVersion" }
-slf4j-simple = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple", version.ref = "slf4jVersion" }
 snake-yaml = { module = "org.yaml:snakeyaml", version.ref = "snakeYamlVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-data-jpa = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-log4j2 = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-log4j2", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
-spring-boot-starter-tomcat = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-validation = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-web = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
-spring-framework-webmvc = { module = "org.springframework:spring-webmvc", version.ref = "springCoreVersion" }
+spring-framework-expression = { module = "org.springframework:spring-expression", version.ref = "springFrameworkVersion" }
+spring-framework-jdbc = { module = "org.springframework:spring-jdbc", version.ref = "springFrameworkVersion" }
+spring-framework-webmvc = { module = "org.springframework:spring-webmvc", version.ref = "springFrameworkVersion" }
 spring-retry = { module = "org.springframework.retry:spring-retry", version.ref = "springRetryVersion" }
+tomcat-embed-core = { module = "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core", version.ref = "tomcatVersion" }
 tomcat-embed-jasper = { module = "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper", version.ref = "tomcatVersion" }
+tomcat-embed-websocket = { module = "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket", version.ref = "tomcatVersion" }
+
 
 # test dependencies
 hsqldb = { module = "org.hsqldb:hsqldb", version.ref = "hsqldbVersion" }
+jsonPath = { module = "com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path", version.ref = "jsonPathVersion" }
 spring-boot-starter-test = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test", version.ref = "springBootVersion" }
 spotbugs-annotations = { module = "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations", version.ref = "spotBugAnnotationVersion" }
+xmlunit-core = { module = "org.xmlunit:xmlunit-core", version.ref = "xmlunitCoreVersion" }
 
 [plugins]
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