diff --git a/ccloud-observability/pom.xml b/ccloud-observability/pom.xml
index 4c6cae689..0927ea30c 100644
--- a/ccloud-observability/pom.xml
+++ b/ccloud-observability/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
         <artifactId>rest-utils-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>8.0.0-0</version>
+        <version>8.0.0-1003</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>clients-example</artifactId>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jasig.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-notice-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.6.1</version>
+                <version>1.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <licenseMapping>
                         <param>../../license-mappings.xml</param>
diff --git a/clients/avro/pom.xml b/clients/avro/pom.xml
index 5712936c9..f10e9bbce 100644
--- a/clients/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/avro/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.14.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
diff --git a/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml b/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
index a45bed53e..d6bd7c296 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
-        <slf4j-api.version>1.7.6</slf4j-api.version>
+        <slf4j-api.version>1.7.36</slf4j-api.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
         <schemaRegistryUrl>http://localhost:8081</schemaRegistryUrl>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jasig.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-notice-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.6.1</version>
+                <version>1.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <licenseMapping>
                         <param>../../license-mappings.xml</param>
diff --git a/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml b/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml
index 8f59f6336..2bf1d6d65 100644
--- a/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml
+++ b/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
-    <reload4j.version>1.2.19</reload4j.version>
+    <reload4j.version>1.2.26</reload4j.version>
     <slf4j-reload4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j-reload4j.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <plugin>
         <!-- Set the Java target version to 1.8 -->
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.14.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9</version>
+        <version>2.10</version>
         <configuration>
             <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/microservices-orders/pom.xml b/microservices-orders/pom.xml
index da7a8515f..25c1abe01 100644
--- a/microservices-orders/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-orders/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
       <artifactId>rest-utils-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.0-0</version>
+      <version>8.0.0-1003</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>micro-services-examples</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
     <kafka.version>8.0.0-0-ccs</kafka.version>
-    <avro.version>1.10.1</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
     <!-- Maven properties for compilation -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.7</version>
+      <version>2.0.17</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>3.27.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.14</version>
+            <version>2.28.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.0</version>
+            <version>2.13.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.14.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
diff --git a/multi-datacenter/pom.xml b/multi-datacenter/pom.xml
index 547ab0832..f8f9c1cdf 100644
--- a/multi-datacenter/pom.xml
+++ b/multi-datacenter/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <plugin>
       	<!-- Set the Java target version to 1.8 -->
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.14.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9</version>
+        <version>2.10</version>
         <configuration>
             <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
         </configuration>