diff --git a/kogito-build-parent/pom.xml b/kogito-build-parent/pom.xml
index 872621f9408..2414d9d0ad1 100644
--- a/kogito-build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@
 
     <!-- dependencies versions -->
     <version.ch.obermuhlner>2.0.1</version.ch.obermuhlner>
-    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson>2.11.3</version.com.fasterxml.jackson>
+    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson>2.12.1</version.com.fasterxml.jackson>
     <version.com.github.haifengl.smile>1.5.2</version.com.github.haifengl.smile>
     <version.com.github.javaparser>3.13.10</version.com.github.javaparser>
     <version.com.github.java-json-tools>2.2.10</version.com.github.java-json-tools>
     <version.com.github.victools>4.12.1</version.com.github.victools>
     <version.com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock>2.27.2</version.com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock>
-    <version.com.github.ben-manes.caffeine>2.8.5</version.com.github.ben-manes.caffeine>
+    <version.com.github.ben-manes.caffeine>2.9.0</version.com.github.ben-manes.caffeine>
     <version.com.google.protobuf>3.14.0</version.com.google.protobuf>
     <version.com.google.guava>16.0.1</version.com.google.guava>
     <version.org.openapitools>5.0.1</version.org.openapitools>
@@ -148,27 +148,30 @@
     <version.io.cloudevents>2.0.0-milestone3</version.io.cloudevents>
     <version.io.jredisearch>2.0.0</version.io.jredisearch>
     <version.io.fabric8.kubernetes-client>5.0.0</version.io.fabric8.kubernetes-client>
-    <version.io.micrometer>1.6.1</version.io.micrometer>
+    <version.io.micrometer>1.6.5</version.io.micrometer>
     <version.io.rest-assured>4.3.0</version.io.rest-assured>
     <version.io.rest-assured.springboot>3.3.0</version.io.rest-assured.springboot>    <!-- Manually override to 3.3.0 because Spring boot uses rest-assured-common@3.3.0, otherwise error: The type io.restassured.common.mapper.TypeRef cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files -->
     <version.io.serverlessworkflow>2.0.0.Final</version.io.serverlessworkflow>
-    <version.io.smallrye-open-api-core>2.0.22</version.io.smallrye-open-api-core>
-    <version.io.smallrye.reactive>2.7.1</version.io.smallrye.reactive>
-    <version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>1.3.0</version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>
+    <version.io.smallrye-open-api-core>2.0.26</version.io.smallrye-open-api-core>
+    <version.io.smallrye.reactive>2.9.0</version.io.smallrye.reactive>
+    <version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>1.5.0</version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>
     <version.io.swagger.core.v3>2.0.6</version.io.swagger.core.v3>
     <version.io.swagger.parser.v3>2.0.24</version.io.swagger.parser.v3>
 
     <version.org.antlr>3.5.2</version.org.antlr>
     <version.org.antlr4>4.8</version.org.antlr4>
     <version.org.apache.commons>3.8.1</version.org.apache.commons>
-    <!-- Quarkus on 2.5.0, but faced the following issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9127 -->
-    <version.org.apache.kafka>2.5.1</version.org.apache.kafka>
+    <version.org.apache.kafka>2.7.0</version.org.apache.kafka>
     <version.org.apache.xmlgraphics.batik>1.13</version.org.apache.xmlgraphics.batik>
-    <version.org.assertj>3.16.1</version.org.assertj>
+    <version.org.assertj>3.19.0</version.org.assertj>
     <version.org.eclipse.jdt>3.19.0</version.org.eclipse.jdt>
-    <version.org.graalvm.nativeimage>20.2.0</version.org.graalvm.nativeimage>
+    <version.org.graalvm.nativeimage>21.0.0</version.org.graalvm.nativeimage>
     <version.org.hamcrest>1.3</version.org.hamcrest> <!-- else old version coming from Mockito wins and breaks tests -->
 
+    <!--
++        <infinispan.version>12.0.1.Final</infinispan.version>
++        <infinispan.protostream.version>4.4.0.Alpha4</infinispan.protostream.version>
+    -->
     <version.org.infinispan>11.0.4.Final</version.org.infinispan>
     <version.org.redis>2.0.4</version.org.redis>
     <version.org.infinispan.protostream>4.3.4.Final</version.org.infinispan.protostream>
@@ -178,13 +181,13 @@
     <version.org.jboss.resteasy.spi.test>4.5.9.Final</version.org.jboss.resteasy.spi.test> <!-- align codegen test to target platforms, which use Resteasy -->
     <version.org.json>20200518</version.org.json>
     <version.org.json-unit-assertj>2.9.0</version.org.json-unit-assertj>
-    <version.org.junit.minor>7.0</version.org.junit.minor> <!-- so that org.junit.platform and org.junit can share the same minor version -->
+    <version.org.junit.minor>7.1</version.org.junit.minor> <!-- so that org.junit.platform and org.junit can share the same minor version -->
     <version.org.junit>5.${version.org.junit.minor}</version.org.junit>
     <version.org.junit.jupiter>${version.org.junit}</version.org.junit.jupiter>
     <version.org.junit.vintage>${version.org.junit}</version.org.junit.vintage>
     <version.org.junit.platform>1.${version.org.junit.minor}</version.org.junit.platform> <!-- otherwise Quarkus brings its own, silently disabling some tests -->
     <version.org.junit.pioneer>1.0.0</version.org.junit.pioneer>
-    <version.org.keycloak>11.0.3</version.org.keycloak>
+    <version.org.keycloak>12.0.4</version.org.keycloak>
     <version.org.confluent.kafka>5.4.3</version.org.confluent.kafka>
     <version.org.kie7>7.52.0.Beta1</version.org.kie7>
     <version.org.mockito>3.6.0</version.org.mockito>