diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4eacea..78437f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     <name>Apache Flink® Table API Java Examples on Confluent Cloud</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <flink.version>1.20.0</flink.version>
-        <confluent-plugin.version>1.20-48</confluent-plugin.version>
+        <flink.version>1.20.1</flink.version>
+        <confluent-plugin.version>1.20-50</confluent-plugin.version>
         <target.java.version>11</target.java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>${target.java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${target.java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
-        <spotless.version>2.43.0</spotless.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <spotless.version>2.44.4</spotless.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${target.java.version}</source>
                     <target>${target.java.version}</target>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <!-- Run shade goal on package phase -->
                     <execution>