diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 262b08f9b0..6380b9d7ef 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "oat-sa/oatbox-extension-installer": "~1.1||dev-master",
     "qtism/qtism": ">=0.28.3",
     "oat-sa/generis" : ">=15.22",
-    "oat-sa/tao-core": ">=53.0.0",
+    "oat-sa/tao-core": ">=54.0.0",
     "oat-sa/extension-tao-item" : ">=12.1.0",
     "oat-sa/extension-tao-itemqti" : ">=30.0.0",
     "oat-sa/extension-tao-test" : ">=16.0.0",
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/encoders/dom2qti.js b/views/js/controller/creator/encoders/dom2qti.js
index 1f48ab1969..bc2de9c506 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/encoders/dom2qti.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/encoders/dom2qti.js
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ define([
                     nodeName = normalizeNodeName(elt.nodeName);
 
                     object = _.merge(qtiElementHelper.create(nodeName, {
-                            'id': '',
-                            'class': '',
-                            'xmlBase': '',
-                            'lang': '',
-                            'label': ''
-                        }),
-                        _.transform(elt.attributes, function (acc, value) {
+                        'id': '',
+                        'class': '',
+                        'xmlBase': '',
+                        'lang': '',
+                        'label': ''
+                    }), {
+                        ...(_.transform(elt.attributes, function (acc, value) {
                             const attrName = normalizeNodeName(value.nodeName);
                             if (attrName) {
                                 if (typedAttributes[nodeName] && typedAttributes[nodeName][attrName]) {
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ define([
                                     acc[attrName] = value.nodeValue;
                                 }
                             }
-                        }));
+                        }))
+                    });
                     if (elt.childNodes.length > 0) {
                         object.content = self.decode(elt.childNodes);
                     }
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/categorySelector.js b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/categorySelector.js
index 295edbeee3..d2f0c0d162 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/categorySelector.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/categorySelector.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ define([
      */
     function extractCategoriesFromPresets() {
         return allPresets.reduce(function (prev, current) {
-            const groupIds = _.pluck(current.presets, 'qtiCategory');
+            const groupIds = _.map(current.presets, 'qtiCategory');
             return prev.concat(groupIds);
         }, []);
     }
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/outcome.js b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/outcome.js
index 27471332b3..d85976c64a 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/outcome.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/outcome.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ define([
             if (_.isFunction(outcomes)) {
                 check = outcomes;
             } else {
-                outcomes = _.indexBy(_.isArray(outcomes) ? outcomes : [outcomes], function (outcome) {
+                outcomes = _.keyBy(_.isArray(outcomes) ? outcomes : [outcomes], function (outcome) {
                     return outcome;
                 });
 
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/qtiTest.js b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/qtiTest.js
index bbf65b054c..ad5a725ac7 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/qtiTest.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/qtiTest.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'lodash', 'taoQtiTest/controller/creator/helpers/validators'],
          * @returns {String[]} the list of unique identifiers
          */
         getIdentifiers: function getIdentifiers(model, includesOnlyTypes, excludeTypes) {
-            return _.uniq(_.pluck(validators.extractIdentifiers(model, includesOnlyTypes, excludeTypes), 'identifier'));
+            return _.uniq(_.map(validators.extractIdentifiers(model, includesOnlyTypes, excludeTypes), 'identifier'));
         },
 
         /**
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'lodash', 'taoQtiTest/controller/creator/helpers/validators'],
             const glue = '-';
             let identifier;
             let current;
-            if (_.contains(validators.qtiTypesForUniqueIds, qtiType)) {
+            if (_.includes(validators.qtiTypesForUniqueIds, qtiType)) {
                 current = this.getIdentifiers(model, validators.qtiTypesForUniqueIds);
             } else {
                 current = this.getIdentifiersOf(model, qtiType);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'lodash', 'taoQtiTest/controller/creator/helpers/validators'],
             do {
                 identifier = suggestion + glue + index++;
             } while (
-                _.contains(current, identifier.toUpperCase()) || // identifier exist in model
+                _.includes(current, identifier.toUpperCase()) || // identifier exist in model
                 $(`#${identifier}`).length // identifier was in model but still exist in DOM
             );
 
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/scoring.js b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/scoring.js
index 6cd2ace212..cb43e709d5 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/scoring.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/scoring.js
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ define([
      * @param {Object} model
      */
     function removeScoring(model) {
-        var scoringOutcomes = _.indexBy(outcomeHelper.listOutcomes(model, getOutcomesRecipe), function (outcome) {
+        var scoringOutcomes = _.keyBy(outcomeHelper.listOutcomes(model, getOutcomesRecipe), function (outcome) {
             return outcome;
         });
 
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/sectionCategory.js b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/sectionCategory.js
index 1178b36bc0..de923a68bc 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/sectionCategory.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/sectionCategory.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ define(['lodash', 'i18n', 'core/errorHandler'], function (_, __, errorHandler) {
      */
     function addCategories(model, categories) {
         if (isValidSectionModel(model)) {
-            _.each(model.sectionParts, function (sectionPart) {
+            _.forEach(model.sectionParts, function (sectionPart) {
                 if (sectionPart['qti-type'] === 'assessmentItemRef') {
                     if (!_.isArray(sectionPart.categories)) {
                         sectionPart.categories = [];
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ define(['lodash', 'i18n', 'core/errorHandler'], function (_, __, errorHandler) {
      */
     function removeCategories(model, categories) {
         if (isValidSectionModel(model)) {
-            _.each(model.sectionParts, function (sectionPart) {
+            _.forEach(model.sectionParts, function (sectionPart) {
                 if (sectionPart['qti-type'] === 'assessmentItemRef' && _.isArray(sectionPart.categories)) {
                     sectionPart.categories = _.difference(sectionPart.categories, categories);
                 }
diff --git a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/validators.js b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/validators.js
index acde04bc04..5237a3086e 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/validators.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/creator/helpers/validators.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ define([
     function validateModel(model) {
         const identifiers = extractIdentifiers(model, qtiTypesForUniqueIds);
         let nonUniqueIdentifiers = 0;
-        const outcomes = _.indexBy(outcomeHelper.listOutcomes(model));
+        const outcomes = _.keyBy(outcomeHelper.listOutcomes(model));
         let messageDetails = '';
 
         _(identifiers)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ define([
 
         const extract = function extract(element) {
             if (element && _.has(element, 'identifier') && _.isString(element.identifier)) {
-                if (!includesOnlyTypes.length || _.contains(includesOnlyTypes, element['qti-type'])) {
+                if (!includesOnlyTypes.length || _.includes(includesOnlyTypes, element['qti-type'])) {
                     identifiers.push({
                         identifier: element.identifier.toUpperCase(),
                         originalIdentifier: element.identifier,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ define([
             }
             _.forEach(element, function (subElement) {
                 if (_.isPlainObject(subElement) || _.isArray(subElement)) {
-                    if (!excludeTypes.length || !_.contains(excludeTypes, subElement['qti-type'])) {
+                    if (!excludeTypes.length || !_.includes(excludeTypes, subElement['qti-type'])) {
                         extract(subElement);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/views/js/controller/runtime/testRunner.js b/views/js/controller/runtime/testRunner.js
index 20d7f54034..048dab31c6 100644
--- a/views/js/controller/runtime/testRunner.js
+++ b/views/js/controller/runtime/testRunner.js
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ function (
              */
             isCurrentItemAnswered: function(){
                 var answered = false;
-                _.each(this.getCurrentItemState(), function(state){
+                _.forEach(this.getCurrentItemState(), function(state){
                     if(state && _.isObject(state.response) && state.response.base !== null){
                         answered = true;//at least one response is not null so consider the item answered
                         return false;
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ function (
                                 if (self.testContext.timerWarning && self.testContext.timerWarning[cst.qtiClassName]) {
                                     cst.warnings = {};
                                     _(self.testContext.timerWarning[cst.qtiClassName]).forEach(function (value, key) {
-                                        if (_.contains(['info', 'warning', 'danger'], value)) {
+                                        if (_.includes(['info', 'warning', 'danger'], value)) {
                                             cst.warnings[key] = {
                                                 type: value,
                                                 showed: cst.seconds <= key,
diff --git a/views/js/test/runner/mocks/areaBrokerMock.js b/views/js/test/runner/mocks/areaBrokerMock.js
index 1fb092f88c..f2a15b371a 100644
--- a/views/js/test/runner/mocks/areaBrokerMock.js
+++ b/views/js/test/runner/mocks/areaBrokerMock.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'lodash', 'ui/areaBroker', 'taoQtiTest/runner/ui/toolbox/toolb
             if (!config.areas) {
                 config.areas = config.defaultAreas;
             } else {
-                config.areas = _.keys(_.merge(_.object(config.areas), _.object(config.defaultAreas)));
+                config.areas = _.keys(_.merge(_.fromPairs(config.areas), _.fromPairs(config.defaultAreas)));
             }
 
             _.forEach(config.areas, areaId => {