diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
index d3539d919..fc343da4e 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <sdk.version>2.21.1</sdk.version>
+        <sdk.version>2.25.26</sdk.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 5e3403f4e..c97b7813b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <lambda.core.version>1.2.3</lambda.core.version>
         <lambda.events.version>3.11.4</lambda.events.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.6</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.31</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index 01bbfd8d2..321c05a52 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>url-connection-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.6</version>
+            <version>2.25.31</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.2</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3f5dad3b..cecb4b415 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.3</jackson.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.6</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.31</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.15.1</aws.xray.recorder.version>
         <payloadoffloading-common.version>2.1.3</payloadoffloading-common.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
+        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
         <aws-embedded-metrics.version>1.0.6</aws-embedded-metrics.version>
         <jmespath.version>0.6.0</jmespath.version>
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
                 <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.24.2</version>
+                <version>3.25.3</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 450d1f5c1..853bca560 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.2</version>
+                        <version>3.2.5</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <goals>