diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6afb620..bfc6d81 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-dateutil'
 
     // grails plugins
-    implementation "org.grails.plugins:ala-auth:5.1.0"
+    implementation "org.grails.plugins:ala-auth:$alaSecurityLibsVersion"
 //    compile "org.grails.plugins:ala-admin-plugin:2.3.0"
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:ala-bootstrap3:4.1.0"
 
-    implementation 'dk.glasius:external-config:3.0.1'
+    implementation 'dk.glasius:external-config:3.1.1'
 
     // HA
     implementation 'org.springframework.session:spring-session-data-mongodb'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ff61629..eb63b5b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ groovyVersion=3.0.11
 gorm.version=7.3.2
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024M
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+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024M
+alaSecurityLibsVersion=6.0.4
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