diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/0000-remove-frontend-download.patch b/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/0000-remove-frontend-download.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e68f1813c25..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/0000-remove-frontend-download.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
-index 9988e765..906917c0 100644
---- a/pom.xml
-+++ b/pom.xml
-@@ -660,38 +660,13 @@
-                         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                         <version>3.1.0</version>
-                         <executions>
--                            <execution>
--                                <id>frontend-download</id>
--                                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
--                                <configuration>
--                                    <target>
--                                        <get src="https://github.com/DependencyTrack/frontend/releases/download/${frontend.version}/frontend-dist.zip" dest="${project.build.directory}" verbose="true"/>
--                                    </target>
--                                </configuration>
--                                <goals>
--                                    <goal>run</goal>
--                                </goals>
--                            </execution>
--                            <execution>
--                                <id>frontend-extract</id>
--                                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
--                                <configuration>
--                                    <target>
--                                        <unzip src="${project.build.directory}/frontend-dist.zip" dest="${project.build.directory}/frontend">
--                                        </unzip>
--                                    </target>
--                                </configuration>
--                                <goals>
--                                    <goal>run</goal>
--                                </goals>
--                            </execution>
-                             <execution>
-                                 <id>frontend-resource-deploy</id>
-                                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                                 <configuration>
-                                     <target>
-                                         <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}">
--                                            <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/frontend/dist">
-+                                            <fileset dir="${project.basedir}/frontend/dist">
-                                                 <include name="**/*"/>
-                                             </fileset>
-                                         </copy>
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/0001-add-junixsocket.patch b/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/0001-add-junixsocket.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c6b0f9e76c65..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/0001-add-junixsocket.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
-index 9988e765..f69576b4 100644
---- a/pom.xml
-+++ b/pom.xml
-@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@
-             <version>${lib.testcontainers.version}</version>
-             <scope>test</scope>
-         </dependency>
-+        <dependency>
-+            <groupId>com.kohlschutter.junixsocket</groupId>
-+            <artifactId>junixsocket-core</artifactId>
-+            <version>2.10.0</version>
-+            <type>pom</type>
-+        </dependency>
-     </dependencies>
- 
-     <build>
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/package.nix
index 300b45e0cfb0..378f54cbb2dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/dependency-track/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   nodejs_20,
   jre_headless,
   protobuf_30,
+  xmlstarlet,
   cyclonedx-cli,
   makeWrapper,
   maven,
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
   nixosTests,
 }:
 let
-  version = "4.13.6";
+  version = "4.14.1";
 
   frontend = buildNpmPackage {
     pname = "dependency-track-frontend";
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ let
       owner = "DependencyTrack";
       repo = "frontend";
       rev = version;
-      hash = "sha256-SSnbmAFXQwxAZQzMZeDzf/ebbWUVRICAs1msFXMMi98=";
+      hash = "sha256-xjIRkffmXYMAfZ8wJehnPRfTThJjTgNL8ONl9N9ZJ+M=";
     };
 
     installPhase = ''
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ let
       cp -R ./dist $out/
     '';
 
-    npmDepsHash = "sha256-2VK3LOqUxOJaR8cUuINhrhMkvHGyUr206RJR18NCvUo=";
+    npmDepsHash = "sha256-CW9LOur8N3obrOeHgYFH2OO/vg8XihUspuXS5Zrix8I=";
     forceGitDeps = true;
     makeCacheWritable = true;
 
@@ -50,23 +51,51 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
     owner = "DependencyTrack";
     repo = "dependency-track";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-EL0Yd8pfTG8/DlY9A3F0lRuPl/wU2/LyACclzttrsjw=";
+    hash = "sha256-pIZM8FQ0IFqRbTQT5VIlCmS+fCCXULJJ6bdEv6xfjbc=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./0000-remove-frontend-download.patch
-    ./0001-add-junixsocket.patch
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pom.xml \
-      --replace-fail '<protocArtifact>''${tool.protoc.version}</protocArtifact>' \
-      "<protocCommand>${protobuf_30}/bin/protoc</protocCommand>"
+    # update to version 5.1.3 to fix NullPointer and specify protoc path
+    xmlstarlet ed --inplace -N x=http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 \
+    --update '//x:plugin[x:artifactId="protobuf-maven-plugin"]/x:version' -v "5.1.3" \
+    --delete '//x:plugin[x:artifactId="protobuf-maven-plugin"]/x:configuration/x:protoc' \
+    --subnode '//x:plugin[x:artifactId="protobuf-maven-plugin"]/x:configuration' -t elem -n protoc -v "" \
+    --var protoc '$prev' \
+    --insert '$protoc' -t attr -n kind -v "path" \
+    --subnode '$protoc' -t elem -n name -v "protoc" \
+    pom.xml
+
+    # remove frontend related tasks
+    xmlstarlet ed --inplace -N x=http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 \
+    --delete '//x:execution[x:id="frontend-download"]' \
+    --delete '//x:execution[x:id="frontend-extract"]' \
+    --delete '//x:execution[x:id="frontend-resource-deploy"]' \
+    pom.xml
+
+    # add junixsocket to enable unixsocket connection to postgres
+    xmlstarlet ed --inplace -N x=http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 \
+    --subnode '/x:project/x:dependencies' -t elem -n dependency -v "" \
+    --var dependency '$prev' \
+    --subnode '$dependency' -t elem -n groupId -v "com.kohlschutter.junixsocket" \
+    --subnode '$dependency' -t elem -n artifactId -v "junixsocket-core" \
+    --subnode '$dependency' -t elem -n version -v "2.10.0" \
+    --subnode '$dependency' -t elem -n type -v "pom" \
+    pom.xml
   '';
 
   mvnJdk = jre_headless;
-  mvnHash = "sha256-UrLni4shNCv9aHvaGdkzFNBVe8BT4/z4cQ6Ekjr0l9s=";
-  manualMvnArtifacts = [ "com.coderplus.maven.plugins:copy-rename-maven-plugin:1.0.1" ];
+  mvnHash = "sha256-4N4KuJBF/RFZwpp3dIgXntxSEfKHyfvrShKQoUqY5bE=";
+  manualMvnArtifacts = [
+    "com.coderplus.maven.plugins:copy-rename-maven-plugin:1.0.1"
+    # added to saticfy protobuf compiler plugin dependency resolving
+    "jakarta.el:jakarta.el-api:5.0.1"
+    "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:2.19.1"
+    "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:2.21.0"
+    "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.18.3"
+    "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.21.0"
+    "io.micrometer:micrometer-core:1.16.0"
+    "io.micrometer:micrometer-observation:1.16.0"
+  ];
   buildOffline = true;
 
   mvnDepsParameters = lib.escapeShellArgs [
@@ -91,7 +120,11 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+    xmlstarlet
+    protobuf_30
+  ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall