diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 470eb81afc..ea4d233e40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <!-- /WARNING -->
 
     <!-- Jandex -->
-    <jandex.version>3.1.8</jandex.version>
+    <jandex.version>3.2.4</jandex.version>
 
     <!-- Schema types -->
     <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     <okio.version>3.10.2</okio.version>
     <okio-fake-file-system.version>3.10.2</okio-fake-file-system.version>
     <icu4j.version>76.1</icu4j.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.6</protobuf.version>
     <xmlsec.version>4.0.3</xmlsec.version>
     <protobuf.googleapi.types.version>2.51.0</protobuf.googleapi.types.version>
     <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     <!-- TODO unification -->
     <org.json.version>20250107</org.json.version>
     <jackson-datatype-json-org.version>2.18.2</jackson-datatype-json-org.version>
-    <jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>2.15.2</jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>
+    <jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>2.18.2</jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>
 
     <!-- OpenAPI -->
     <openapi-diff.version>2.0.1</openapi-diff.version>
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@
     <lombok.version>1.18.36</lombok.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.18.0</commons-codec.version>
     <apicurio-common-rest-client.version>0.1.18.Final</apicurio-common-rest-client.version>
-    <kafka-clients.version>3.7.1</kafka-clients.version>
-    <debezium.version>2.6.2.Final</debezium.version>
-    <pulsar-clients.version>3.3.1</pulsar-clients.version>
+    <kafka-clients.version>3.9.0</kafka-clients.version>
+    <debezium.version>2.7.4.Final</debezium.version>
+    <pulsar-clients.version>3.3.4</pulsar-clients.version>
     <commons-beanutils.version>1.10.0</commons-beanutils.version>
 
     <nats.version>2.20.5</nats.version>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     <bouncycastle.version>1.80</bouncycastle.version>
 
     <!-- Kafka Connect -->
-    <connect.version>3.7.0</connect.version>
+    <connect.version>3.9.0</connect.version>
 
     <!-- Specifications -->
     <annotation-api.version>1.3.5</annotation-api.version>
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@
     <kiota.base.url>https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/download</kiota.base.url>
 
     <!-- Test containers version, should be aligned with version used in Quarkus -->
-    <test-containers.version>1.20.2</test-containers.version>
-    <keycloak.testcontainers.version>3.4.0</keycloak.testcontainers.version>
-    <embedded-postgres.version>2.0.7</embedded-postgres.version>
+    <test-containers.version>1.20.4</test-containers.version>
+    <keycloak.testcontainers.version>3.6.0</keycloak.testcontainers.version>
+    <embedded-postgres.version>2.1.0</embedded-postgres.version>
     <strimzi.version>0.105.0</strimzi.version>
     <wiremock-jre8.version>3.0.1</wiremock-jre8.version>
-    <strimzi-test-container.version>0.107.0</strimzi-test-container.version>
+    <strimzi-test-container.version>0.109.1</strimzi-test-container.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/system-tests/pom.xml b/system-tests/pom.xml
index afb0955ebf..09d78ffbdf 100644
--- a/system-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/system-tests/pom.xml
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@
     <version.junit.jupiter>5.8.2</version.junit.jupiter>
     <version.junit.platform>1.7.0</version.junit.platform>
     <version.fabric8>5.12.2</version.fabric8>
-    <version.fabric8-java-gen>6.8.0</version.fabric8-java-gen>
-    <sundrio.version>0.95.0</sundrio.version>
-    <lombok.version>1.18.28</lombok.version>
+    <version.fabric8-java-gen>6.13.5</version.fabric8-java-gen>
+    <sundrio.version>0.200.0</sundrio.version>
+    <lombok.version>1.18.36</lombok.version>
     <operator.version>1.0.0-v2.0.0.final</operator.version>
     <version.hamcrest>2.2</version.hamcrest>
-    <version.slf4.simple>2.0.7</version.slf4.simple>
-    <version.strimzi.api>0.36.0</version.strimzi.api>
-    <version.eclipse.jgit>6.6.1.202309021850-r</version.eclipse.jgit>
+    <version.slf4.simple>2.0.16</version.slf4.simple>
+    <version.strimzi.api>0.45.0</version.strimzi.api>
+    <version.eclipse.jgit>6.10.0.202406032230-r</version.eclipse.jgit>
     <version.org.json>20231013</version.org.json>
-    <version.apache.commons>3.12.0</version.apache.commons>
-    <version.apache.httpcomponents>5.2.2</version.apache.httpcomponents>
-    <version.apache.maven.artifact>3.9.3</version.apache.maven.artifact>
+    <version.apache.commons>3.17.0</version.apache.commons>
+    <version.apache.httpcomponents>5.3.3</version.apache.httpcomponents>
+    <version.apache.maven.artifact>3.9.9</version.apache.maven.artifact>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>