diff --git a/kafka-axon-example/pom.xml b/kafka-axon-example/pom.xml
index 42a5470..57a39eb 100644
--- a/kafka-axon-example/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-axon-example/pom.xml
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
     <description>Example module for the Kafka Extension of Axon Framework</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <kotlin.version>2.1.21</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.version>2.2.0</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin-logging-jvm.version>3.0.5</kotlin-logging-jvm.version>
-        <kotlin.jackson.version>2.19.0</kotlin.jackson.version>
+        <kotlin.jackson.version>2.19.1</kotlin.jackson.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/kafka-spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml b/kafka-spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml
index 0cd5851..d3f2f3a 100644
--- a/kafka-spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-spring-boot-3-integrationtests/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
                 <artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>1.21.1</version>
+                <version>1.21.3</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/kafka-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/kafka-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index ed480fd..798563f 100644
--- a/kafka-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
                 <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.0</version>
+                <version>0.8.0</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index 85b6347..9a3eb3f 100644
--- a/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jmh-core.version>1.37</jmh-core.version>
-        <test-containers.version>1.21.1</test-containers.version>
+        <test-containers.version>1.21.3</test-containers.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <findbugs-jsr305.version>3.0.2</findbugs-jsr305.version>
         <cloudevents.version>4.0.1</cloudevents.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2ccd9d..44fc5c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@
         <spring.boot.version>2.7.18</spring.boot.version>
         <!-- Logging -->
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.0</log4j.version>
         <!-- Testing -->
         <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.19.0</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.19.1</jackson.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>2.3.1</jaxb-api.version>
-        <junit.jupiter.version>5.13.1</junit.jupiter.version>
+        <junit.jupiter.version>5.13.2</junit.jupiter.version>
         <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
         <!-- Plugins -->
-        <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.7.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
+        <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.8.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven.version>0.8.13</jacoco-maven.version>
         <maven-assembly.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly.version>
         <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>