diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index a56eae46d..010d313fa 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index 337e0101d..95887d566 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
index c729ed83c..45c71e3ed 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
index 6955fc4ea..153a2f77f 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-common/pom.xml b/powertools-common/pom.xml
index 891a6380d..37039f51b 100644
--- a/powertools-common/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-common/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-logging/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
index 3f9748028..b86935998 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
index 50a569ea9..6b1212d45 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
index 1e8d6c1f4..6adbde9de 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
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@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
index ca4f1b46e..c8ae5fe34 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
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@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
index 554729e51..823d99698 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 32f5d999a..1194418e9 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
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+                    <version>5.18.0</version>
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@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
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+                    <version>5.18.0</version>
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diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
index 3aec19c87..12d72b58b 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                 <dependency>
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                     <artifactId>mockito-subclass</artifactId>
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+                    <version>5.18.0</version>
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@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
index 70d39a7ef..1701140eb 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                 <dependency>
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diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
index ec6190efa..a4ff090ef 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
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+                    <version>5.18.0</version>
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@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
index a496c5245..56e639ced 100644
--- a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
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+                    <version>5.18.0</version>
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@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
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diff --git a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
index 13c6db97e..7b430f869 100644
--- a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
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@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
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