diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7bf9142b..abf180081 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
         <artifactId>common</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.12</version>
+        <version>7.9.0-736</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
@@ -55,28 +55,28 @@
     <properties>
         <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
-        <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.11.1</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
-        <sqlite-jdbc.version>3.41.2.2</sqlite-jdbc.version>
-        <oracle.jdbc.driver.version>19.7.0.0</oracle.jdbc.driver.version>
-        <mssqlserver.jdbc.driver.version>8.4.1.jre8</mssqlserver.jdbc.driver.version>
-        <postgresql.version>42.4.4</postgresql.version>
+        <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.12.0</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
+        <sqlite-jdbc.version>3.48.0.0</sqlite-jdbc.version>
+        <oracle.jdbc.driver.version>19.25.0.0</oracle.jdbc.driver.version>
+        <mssqlserver.jdbc.driver.version>8.4.1.jre14</mssqlserver.jdbc.driver.version>
+        <postgresql.version>42.7.5</postgresql.version>
         <jtds.driver.version>1.3.1</jtds.driver.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-        <reload4j.version>1.2.19</reload4j.version>
+        <reload4j.version>1.2.26</reload4j.version>
         <licenses.name>Confluent Community License</licenses.name>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.package.home>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-package</project.package.home>
         <maven.release.plugin.version>2.5.3</maven.release.plugin.version>
-        <testcontainers.version>1.17.3</testcontainers.version>
-	<jacoco.plugin.version>0.8.11</jacoco.plugin.version>
+        <testcontainers.version>1.20.4</testcontainers.version>
+	<jacoco.plugin.version>0.8.12</jacoco.plugin.version>
         <instruction.coverage.threshold>0.78</instruction.coverage.threshold>
         <branch.coverage.threshold>0.67</branch.coverage.threshold>
         <method.coverage.threshold>0.76</method.coverage.threshold>
         <class.coverage.threshold>0.91</class.coverage.threshold>
         <complexity.coverage.threshold>0.65</complexity.coverage.threshold>
         <line.coverage.threshold>0.80</line.coverage.threshold>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
         <dependency.check.skip>true</dependency.check.skip>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
@@ -253,19 +253,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.zonky.test</groupId>
             <artifactId>embedded-postgres</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.vorburger.mariaDB4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>mariaDB4j</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.6.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.4</version>
+            <version>2.7.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.1.5</version>
+                    <version>2.3.0</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>generate-rpm</id>
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
                     <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>
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
                     <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>
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <version>3.4.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <filesets>
                                 <fileset>