diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index 54876a197a4..36821be3d9b 100644
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
         <version.lib.graphql-java>18.6</version.lib.graphql-java>
         <version.lib.graphql-java.extended.scalars>18.3</version.lib.graphql-java.extended.scalars>
         <version.lib.gson>2.9.0</version.lib.gson>
-        <version.lib.grpc>1.54.1</version.lib.grpc>
-        <version.lib.guava>32.0.0-jre</version.lib.guava>
+        <version.lib.grpc>1.56.0</version.lib.grpc>
+        <version.lib.guava>32.0.1-jre</version.lib.guava>
         <version.lib.h2>2.1.212</version.lib.h2>
         <version.lib.hamcrest>1.3</version.lib.hamcrest>
         <version.lib.hibernate>6.1.7.Final</version.lib.hibernate>
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@
         <version.lib.jsonp-impl>2.0.1</version.lib.jsonp-impl>
         <version.lib.junit>5.7.0</version.lib.junit>
         <version.lib.kafka>3.4.0</version.lib.kafka>
+        <!-- Force upgrade of snappy. This should be removed once kafka-clients is upgraded -->
+        <!-- to 3.4.2 or newer. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15096 -->
+        <version.lib.snappy>1.1.10.1</version.lib.snappy>
         <version.lib.log4j>2.17.1</version.lib.log4j>
         <version.lib.logback>1.2.10</version.lib.logback>
         <version.lib.mariadb-java-client>2.6.2</version.lib.mariadb-java-client>
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@
         <version.lib.mysql-connector-java>8.0.28</version.lib.mysql-connector-java>
         <version.lib.narayana>5.12.0.Final</version.lib.narayana>
         <version.lib.neo4j>4.4.11</version.lib.neo4j>
-        <version.lib.netty>4.1.90.Final</version.lib.netty>
+        <version.lib.netty>4.1.94.Final</version.lib.netty>
         <version.lib.netty-io_uring>0.0.19.Final</version.lib.netty-io_uring>
         <version.lib.oci>3.8.0</version.lib.oci>
         <version.lib.ojdbc8>21.3.0.0</version.lib.ojdbc8>
@@ -982,6 +985,13 @@
                 <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.lib.kafka}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Force upgrade of snappy. This should be removed once kafka-clients is upgraded -->
+            <!-- to 3.4.2 or newer. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15096 -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+                <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.lib.snappy}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jersey-media-json-binding</artifactId>
@@ -1097,7 +1107,7 @@
             <!-- Neo4j -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.neo4j.driver</groupId>
-                <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver-slim</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.lib.neo4j}</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- Cron utils -->
diff --git a/integrations/neo4j/health/pom.xml b/integrations/neo4j/health/pom.xml
index 7ace0f1aff0..ccfbd930e49 100644
--- a/integrations/neo4j/health/pom.xml
+++ b/integrations/neo4j/health/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.neo4j.driver</groupId>
-            <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver-slim</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/integrations/neo4j/metrics/pom.xml b/integrations/neo4j/metrics/pom.xml
index 37bbb60b020..8735ae0b3cf 100644
--- a/integrations/neo4j/metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/integrations/neo4j/metrics/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.neo4j.driver</groupId>
-            <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver-slim</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/integrations/neo4j/neo4j/pom.xml b/integrations/neo4j/neo4j/pom.xml
index 2223b7b864e..0008519866a 100644
--- a/integrations/neo4j/neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/integrations/neo4j/neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.neo4j.driver</groupId>
-            <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>neo4j-java-driver-slim</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.helidon.common</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf5dd3e7df6..3c2cbf6ee93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <version.lib.junit4>4.13.1</version.lib.junit4>
         <version.lib.kafka-junit5>3.2.3</version.lib.kafka-junit5>
         <version.lib.mockito>2.23.4</version.lib.mockito>
-        <version.lib.netty.tcnative>2.0.59.Final</version.lib.netty.tcnative>
+        <version.lib.netty.tcnative>2.0.61.Final</version.lib.netty.tcnative>
         <version.lib.restito>0.9.1</version.lib.restito>
         <version.lib.rxjava2-jdk9-interop>0.1.0</version.lib.rxjava2-jdk9-interop>
         <version.lib.rxjava>2.2.10</version.lib.rxjava>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <version.plugin.source>3.0.1</version.plugin.source>
         <version.plugin.spotbugs>4.4.2.2</version.plugin.spotbugs>
         <version.plugin.findsecbugs>1.11.0</version.plugin.findsecbugs>
-        <version.plugin.dependency-check>8.2.1</version.plugin.dependency-check>
+        <version.plugin.dependency-check>8.3.1</version.plugin.dependency-check>
         <version.plugin.surefire>3.0.0-M5</version.plugin.surefire>
         <version.plugin.toolchains>1.1</version.plugin.toolchains>
         <version.plugin.version-plugin>2.3</version.plugin.version-plugin>