diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 33ada88..8f1a6fe 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>messages</artifactId>
-            <version>[24.0.0,27.0.0)</version>
+            <version>[24.0.0,28.0.0)</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
diff --git a/javascript/src/index.spec.ts b/javascript/src/index.spec.ts
index ff05fc9..849112f 100644
--- a/javascript/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/javascript/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ describe('Acceptance Tests', async () => {
       expect(content).xml.to.deep.eq(expectedXml)
     })
   }
-})
+}).timeout('5s')