diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7c155f6e..5788787f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,25 +37,25 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <es.version>7.17.23</es.version>
+        <es.version>7.17.27</es.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-        <gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
-        <test.containers.version>1.16.3</test.containers.version>
-        <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.11.1</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
+        <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
+        <test.containers.version>1.20.4</test.containers.version>
+        <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.12.0</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
         <maven.release.plugin.version>2.5.3</maven.release.plugin.version>
-        <hadoop.version>3.3.1</hadoop.version>
+        <hadoop.version>3.4.1</hadoop.version>
         <apacheds-jdbm1.version>2.0.0-M2</apacheds-jdbm1.version>
         <!-- TODO: Remove the version pin after releasing https://github.com/confluentinc/common/pull/494 -->
-        <jackson.databind.version>2.15.2</jackson.databind.version>
+        <jackson.databind.version>2.18.2</jackson.databind.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
         <!-- temporary fix by pinning the version until we upgrade to a version of common that contains this or newer version.
             See https://github.com/confluentinc/common/pull/332 for details (common-parent 7.0.0-0) -->
         <dependency.check.version>6.1.6</dependency.check.version>
         <confluent.maven.repo>http://packages.confluent.io/maven/</confluent.maven.repo>
-        <commons.codec.version>1.15</commons.codec.version>
+        <commons.codec.version>1.17.2</commons.codec.version>
         <confluent.version>[7.9.0,7.9.1)</confluent.version>
-        <kafka.test.version>7.8.0-ccs</kafka.test.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
+        <kafka.test.version>7.8.0-ce</kafka.test.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
         <dependency.check.skip>true</dependency.check.skip>
     </properties>
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>2.24.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- pin jackson-dataformat-cbor for CVE - the version comes from confluentinc/common -->
         <dependency>
@@ -108,18 +108,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>co.elastic.clients</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.2.2</version>
+            <version>8.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.parsson</groupId>
             <artifactId>parsson</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.5</version>
+            <version>1.1.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- pin httpclient for CVE -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.13</version>
+            <version>4.5.14</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.20.2</version>
+            <version>3.27.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.0</version>
+            <version>4.2.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+                <version>3.5.2</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.2</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <excludes>
                                 <!--
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.2.1</version>
+                        <version>1.6.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>create-licenses</id>
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.2.1</version>
+                        <version>1.6.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>create-licenses</id>
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <version>3.4.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <filesets>
                                 <fileset>