diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5491753..bb2e83f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<javafx.version>14.0.2.1</javafx.version>
+		<javafx.version>16</javafx.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
+			<version>4.13.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7</version>
+			<version>2.11.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -70,19 +70,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
 			<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-			<version>3.32.3.2</version>
+			<version>3.36.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13.3</version>
+			<version>2.17.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13.3</version>
+			<version>2.17.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.0</version>
+				<version>3.0.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mosad/homeflix/player/PlayerController.java b/src/main/java/org/mosad/homeflix/player/PlayerController.java
index a32f8a2..b69000f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mosad/homeflix/player/PlayerController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mosad/homeflix/player/PlayerController.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class PlayerController {
 				
 				// start the video
 				embeddedMediaPlayer.media().play(media.newMediaRef());
-				embeddedMediaPlayer.controls().skipTime((long) startTime); // skip to the start time
+				embeddedMediaPlayer.controls().skipTime(startTime); // skip to the start time
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/css/Player.css b/src/main/resources/css/Player.css
index 02c1ee7..1d37c0f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/css/Player.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/css/Player.css
@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@
  * Button			                                                           *
  *                                                                             *
  ******************************************************************************/
-
+/* FIXME disabled since buggy */
+/*
 .jfx-button:hover {
     -fx-scale-x: 1.1;
     -fx-scale-y: 1.1;
     -fx-scale-z: 1.1;
 }
+*/