diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3ae6f679..eed998eee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<log4j>2.17.0</log4j>
 		<netty>4.1.65.Final</netty>
 		<springdata.commons>2.7.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
-		<testcontainers>1.15.3</testcontainers>
+		<testcontainers>1.16.2</testcontainers>
 		<blockhound-junit>1.0.6.RELEASE</blockhound-junit>
 		<java-module-name>spring.data.elasticsearch</java-module-name>
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
 			<artifactId>geronimo-jcdi_2.0_spec</artifactId>
-			<version>1.0.1</version>
+			<version>1.3</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<!--suppress MavenPackageUpdate -->
 			<version>999999</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
 			<artifactId>wiremock-jre8</artifactId>
-			<version>2.26.3</version>
+			<version>2.32.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<!-- these exclusions are needed because of Elasticsearch JarHell-->
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.specto</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hoverfly-java-junit5</artifactId>
-			<version>0.13.1</version>
+			<version>0.14.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java
index 3de42aaea..ef2e1daff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ public class BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer implements BlockHoundIntegration {
 	@Override
 	public void applyTo(BlockHound.Builder builder) {
 		// Elasticsearch classes reading from the classpath on initialization, needed for parsing Elasticsearch responses
-		builder.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder", "<clinit>")
+		builder //
+				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder", "<clinit>") // pre 7.16
+				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.common.XContentBuilder", "<clinit>") // from 7.16 on
+				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.xcontent.json.JsonXContent", "contentBuilder") // from 7.16 on
 				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.Build", "<clinit>");
 
 		builder.blockingMethodCallback(it -> {
+			new Error(it.toString()).printStackTrace();
 			throw new BlockingOperationError(it);
 		});