diff --git a/activemq-client/pom.xml b/activemq-client/pom.xml
index 4e140c48..cfe98b6e 100644
--- a/activemq-client/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-client/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <!-- Be conscious about a 6.x upgrade: 5.x and 6.x types are incompatible
          as the former uses javax.jms and latter jakarta.jms. It could be
          better to make an activemq-client6 module. -->
-    <activemq.version>5.18.6</activemq.version>
+    <activemq.version>5.18.7</activemq.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 53cdaa03..cd6c8733 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
       <version>${mockito.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- remove exclusion when this matches the version of junit jupiter we want -->
+          <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index 66784b64..94f9a211 100644
--- a/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
       <!-- recent clients can talk to old 0.10 brokers -->
-      <version>3.9.0</version>
+      <version>3.9.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/metrics-micrometer/pom.xml b/metrics-micrometer/pom.xml
index 8fe6c03e..2b0ebe27 100644
--- a/metrics-micrometer/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-micrometer/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <module.name>zipkin2.reporter.metrics.micrometer</module.name>
 
     <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-    <micrometer.version>1.14.4</micrometer.version>
+    <micrometer.version>1.14.7</micrometer.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e5d5640..6bc3338b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
     <!-- override to set exclusions per-project -->
     <errorprone.args />
-    <errorprone.version>2.36.0</errorprone.version>
+    <errorprone.version>2.38.0</errorprone.version>
 
     <!-- NOTE: Do not update to 3.x as that has floor Java 8 -->
     <zipkin2.version>2.27.1</zipkin2.version>
@@ -61,34 +61,34 @@
     <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
     <okhttp4.version>4.12.0</okhttp4.version>
 
-    <junit-jupiter.version>5.11.4</junit-jupiter.version>
-    <mockito.version>5.15.2</mockito.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+    <mockito.version>5.18.0</mockito.version>
     <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
-    <awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
-    <testcontainers.version>1.20.4</testcontainers.version>
+    <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
+    <testcontainers.version>1.21.1</testcontainers.version>
 
     <license.skip>${skipTests}</license.skip>
 
     <go-offline-maven-plugin.version>1.2.8</go-offline-maven-plugin.version>
     <!-- TODO: cleanup any redundant ignores now also in the 4.0 release (once final) -->
-    <license-maven-plugin.version>4.6</license-maven-plugin.version>
+    <license-maven-plugin.version>5.0.0</license-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
     <!-- NOTE: Do not update to 6.x as 5.x is the last version to support Java 11 -->
     <maven-bundle-plugin.version>5.1.9</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <!-- Use same version as https://github.com/openzipkin/docker-java -->
     <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
-    <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.3</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
+    <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
     <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
     <!-- Use same version as https://github.com/openzipkin/docker-java -->
     <maven-help-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-help-plugin.version>
-    <maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.3</maven-install-plugin.version>
+    <maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-install-plugin.version>
     <maven-invoker-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-invoker-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
     <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client/pom.xml b/pulsar-client/pom.xml
index e2b35740..71ab8c3c 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <module.name>zipkin2.reporter.pulsar</module.name>
 
     <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
-    <pulsar-client.version>4.0.2</pulsar-client.version>
+    <pulsar-client.version>4.0.5</pulsar-client.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>