diff --git a/data-plane/pom.xml b/data-plane/pom.xml
index 34feee3f1a..00b2420a03 100644
--- a/data-plane/pom.xml
+++ b/data-plane/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     <micrometer.version>1.15.2</micrometer.version>
     <opentelemetry.version>1.42.1</opentelemetry.version>
     <jackson.version>2.18.3</jackson.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
-    <bucket4j.version>7.6.0</bucket4j.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.32.1</protobuf.version>
+    <bucket4j.version>8.0.1</bucket4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
     <ch.qos.logback.version>1.5.18</ch.qos.logback.version>
     <net.logstash.logback.encoder.version>8.0</net.logstash.logback.encoder.version>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <junit.jupiter.version>5.13.2</junit.jupiter.version>
     <mockito.junit.jupiter.version>5.18.0</mockito.junit.jupiter.version>
     <fabric8.kubernetes.version>7.2.0</fabric8.kubernetes.version>
-    <kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>4.1.0</kafka.version>
     <debezium.version>3.0.7.Final</debezium.version>
     <jib.version>3.4.5</jib.version>
     <quarkus.version>3.25.0</quarkus.version>