diff --git a/java-sdk/pom.xml b/java-sdk/pom.xml
index 0f6293796f..bb7b5f2a43 100644
--- a/java-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/java-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>apicurio-registry-java-sdk</artifactId>
     <properties>
-        <kiota.libs.version>0.12.1</kiota.libs.version>
-        <kiota.community.version>0.0.13</kiota.community.version>
+        <kiota.libs.version>1.0.3</kiota.libs.version>
+        <kiota.community.version>0.0.15</kiota.community.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/operator/pom.xml b/operator/pom.xml
index 52c463fc58..f057ba9846 100644
--- a/operator/pom.xml
+++ b/operator/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <!-- ATTENTION! The Quarkus version needs to be aligned with the Quarkus Operator SDK -->
         <!-- TODO: possibly stabilize on something shared with the rest of the repo -->
         <quarkus.version>3.4.2</quarkus.version>
-        <quarkus.operator.sdk.version>6.3.3</quarkus.operator.sdk.version>
+        <quarkus.operator.sdk.version>6.6.3</quarkus.operator.sdk.version>
         <quarkus.container-image.group>apicurio</quarkus.container-image.group>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba6422e3b5..b973c0fe63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         <jboss-slf4j.version>1.2.1.Final</jboss-slf4j.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
         <apicurio-common-rest-client.version>0.1.18.Final</apicurio-common-rest-client.version>
-        <apicurio-common-app-components.version>0.2.2.Final</apicurio-common-app-components.version>
+        <apicurio-common-app-components.version>1.0.16.Final</apicurio-common-app-components.version>
         <kafka-oauth-client.version>0.14.0</kafka-oauth-client.version>
         <kafka-clients.version>3.6.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
         <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
 
         <!-- Kafka Connect -->
-        <connect.version>3.5.1</connect.version>
+        <connect.version>7.6.0-ce</connect.version>
 
         <!-- Specifications -->
         <annotation-api.version>1.3.5</annotation-api.version>
diff --git a/utils/tests/pom.xml b/utils/tests/pom.xml
index 694ffcac6c..6f71810a9c 100644
--- a/utils/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/tests/pom.xml
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@
     		<dependency>
     			<groupId>org.apache.james</groupId>
     			<artifactId>apache-mime4j-dom</artifactId>
-    			<version>0.8.9</version>
+    			<version>0.8.10</version>
     		</dependency>
     		<dependency>
     			<groupId>org.apache.james</groupId>
     			<artifactId>apache-mime4j-storage</artifactId>
-    			<version>0.8.9</version>
+    			<version>0.8.10</version>
     		</dependency>
     	</dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>