diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/persistence.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/persistence.md
index d8f9f501f3..132e5ed00a 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/persistence.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/scala/persistence.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ LevelDB based plugins will require the following additional dependency declarati
 sbt
 :   @@@vars
     ```
-    "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"          % "0.7"
+    "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"          % "0.9"
     "org.fusesource.leveldbjni"   % "leveldbjni-all"   % "1.8"
     ```
     @@@
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sbt
 Gradle
 :   @@@vars
     ```
-    compile group: 'org.iq80.leveldb', name: 'leveldb', version: '0.7'
+    compile group: 'org.iq80.leveldb', name: 'leveldb', version: '0.9'
     compile group: 'org.fusesource.leveldbjni', name: 'leveldbjni-all', version: '1.8' 
     ```
     @@@
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Maven
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.iq80.leveldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>leveldb</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7</version>
+      <version>0.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.leveldbjni</groupId>
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ LevelDB based plugins will also require the following additional dependency decl
 sbt
 :   @@@vars
     ```
-    "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"          % "0.7"
+    "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"          % "0.9"
     "org.fusesource.leveldbjni"   % "leveldbjni-all"   % "1.8"
     ```
     @@@
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ sbt
 Gradle
 :   @@@vars
     ```
-    compile group: 'org.iq80.leveldb', name: 'leveldb', version: '0.7'
+    compile group: 'org.iq80.leveldb', name: 'leveldb', version: '0.9'
     compile group: 'org.fusesource.leveldbjni', name: 'leveldbjni-all', version: '1.8' 
     ```
     @@@
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ Maven
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.iq80.leveldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>leveldb</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7</version>
+      <version>0.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.leveldbjni</groupId>
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 566b668dda..b23711a275 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@ object Dependencies {
   lazy val scalaCheckVersion = settingKey[String]("The version of ScalaCheck to use.")
   lazy val java8CompatVersion = settingKey[String]("The version of scala-java8-compat to use.")
   val junitVersion = "4.12"
-  val sslConfigVersion = "0.2.1"
-  val slf4jVersion = "1.7.23"
+  val sslConfigVersion = "0.2.2"
+  val slf4jVersion = "1.7.25"
   val scalaXmlVersion = "1.0.6"
-  val aeronVersion = "1.2.5"
+  val aeronVersion = "1.3.0"
 
   val Versions = Seq(
-    crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.11.11", "2.12.2"),
+    crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.11.11", "2.12.3"),
     scalaVersion := System.getProperty("akka.build.scalaVersion", crossScalaVersions.value.head),
     scalaStmVersion := sys.props.get("akka.build.scalaStmVersion").getOrElse("0.8"),
     scalaCheckVersion := sys.props.get("akka.build.scalaCheckVersion").getOrElse(
       CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
-        case Some((2, n)) if n >= 12 => "1.13.4" // does not work for 2.11
+        case Some((2, n)) if n >= 12 => "1.13.5" // does not work for 2.11
         case _                       => "1.13.2"
       }
     ),
-    scalaTestVersion := "3.0.0",
+    scalaTestVersion := "3.0.4",
     java8CompatVersion := {
       CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
         case Some((2, n)) if n >= 12 => "0.8.0"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     // ssl-config
     val sslConfigCore = "com.typesafe"                %% "ssl-config-core"             % sslConfigVersion // ApacheV2
 
-    val lmdb          = "org.lmdbjava"                % "lmdbjava"                     % "0.0.5" // ApacheV2, OpenLDAP Public License
+    val lmdb          = "org.lmdbjava"                % "lmdbjava"                     % "0.6.0" // ApacheV2, OpenLDAP Public License
 
     // For akka-http-testkit-java
     val junit       = "junit"                         % "junit"                        % junitVersion  // Common Public License 1.0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val aeronClient = "io.aeron"                      % "aeron-client"                 % aeronVersion       // ApacheV2
     object Docs {
       val sprayJson   = "io.spray"                   %%  "spray-json"                  % "1.3.3"             % "test"
-      val gson        = "com.google.code.gson"        % "gson"                         % "2.8.0"             % "test"
+      val gson        = "com.google.code.gson"        % "gson"                         % "2.8.1"             % "test"
     }
 
     object Test {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       // metrics, measurements, perf testing
       val metrics         = "io.dropwizard.metrics"        % "metrics-core"                 % "3.2.4"            % "test" // ApacheV2
       val metricsJvm      = "io.dropwizard.metrics"        % "metrics-jvm"                  % "3.2.4"            % "test" // ApacheV2
-      val latencyUtils    = "org.latencyutils"            % "LatencyUtils"                 % "1.0.3"            % "test" // Free BSD
+      val latencyUtils    = "org.latencyutils"            % "LatencyUtils"                 % "1.0.5"            % "test" // Free BSD
       val hdrHistogram    = "org.hdrhistogram"            % "HdrHistogram"                 % "2.1.9"            % "test" // CC0
       val metricsAll      = Seq(metrics, metricsJvm, latencyUtils, hdrHistogram)
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       // If changed, update akka-docs/build.sbt as well
       val sigarLoader  = "io.kamon"         % "sigar-loader"        % "1.6.6-rev002"     %     "optional;provided;test" // ApacheV2
 
-      val levelDB       = "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"          % "0.7"    %  "optional;provided"     // ApacheV2
+      val levelDB       = "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"          % "0.9"    %  "optional;provided"     // ApacheV2
       val levelDBNative = "org.fusesource.leveldbjni"   % "leveldbjni-all"   % "1.8"    %  "optional;provided"     // New BSD
     }
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 759d52f002..26f5da8ff3 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.3.3")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-api-mappings" % "sbt-api-mappings" % "1.0.0")
 
-addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.2.26")
+addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.2.27")
 
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.sbt" % "sbt-jol" % "0.1.1")