diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml
index e07b191e..88f8afde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Available buildx platforms
       run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}
           
+    - name: Build and install serialization dependency locally
+      working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-serialization
+      run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
     - name: Test Runtime Interface Client xplatform build - Run 'build' target
       working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client
       run: make build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml
index 33c6df50..94c03456 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ jobs:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
 
+    - name: Build and install serialization dependency locally
+      working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-serialization
+      run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
     - name: Runtime Interface Client smoke tests - Run 'pr' target
       working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client
       run: make pr
@@ -51,6 +55,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Available buildx platforms
       run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}
 
+    - name: Build and install serialization dependency locally
+      working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-serialization
+      run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
     - name: Test Runtime Interface Client xplatform build - Run 'build' target
       working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client
       run: make build
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
index 6a2b1735..e67ff81c 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-      <version>3.11.2</version>
+      <version>3.16.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
index 8799966b..925273e9 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-    <version>3.16.0</version>
+    <version>3.16.1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>AWS Lambda Java Events Library</name>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
index d4f7fd5e..c82890b0 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-serialization</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
+            <version>1.1.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
index 07ccecc8..2f8e7613 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-serialization</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.5</version>
+    <version>1.1.6</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>AWS Lambda Java Runtime Serialization</name>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
index 0ab074cc..aa028769 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-serialization</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.5</version>
+            <version>1.1.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-            <version>3.16.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>