diff --git a/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle b/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle
index 7762d65b..8c6f0f91 100644
--- a/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle
+++ b/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle
@@ -103,12 +103,9 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core"
   }
 
-  testImplementation('com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:6.0.1') {
+  testImplementation('com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:6.1.0') {
     exclude group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core"
     exclude group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat"
-
-    // Use the Java Client declared above.
-    exclude module: "marklogic-client-api"
   }
 
   testImplementation('com.marklogic:marklogic-junit5:1.5.0') {
diff --git a/test-app/build.gradle b/test-app/build.gradle
index 0a96abd9..491fe657 100644
--- a/test-app/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
   id "net.saliman.properties" version "1.5.2"
-  id "com.marklogic.ml-gradle" version "6.0.1"
+  id "com.marklogic.ml-gradle" version "6.1.0"
 }
 
 tasks.register("reloadTestData", com.marklogic.gradle.task.MarkLogicTask) {