diff --git a/examples/cucumber/build.gradle b/examples/cucumber/build.gradle
index 257a2d3d897..530cf60616c 100644
--- a/examples/cucumber/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/cucumber/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.10.3')
     testImplementation 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-suite'
-    testImplementation platform('io.cucumber:cucumber-bom:7.18.1')
+    testImplementation platform('io.cucumber:cucumber-bom:7.23.0')
     testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java'
     testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-junit-platform-engine'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:selenium'
diff --git a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
index 88d7539a732..2efabca33a3 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.34"
     testAnnotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.34"
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:kafka'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.8.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.0.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
     testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.14'
diff --git a/examples/solr-container/build.gradle b/examples/solr-container/build.gradle
index 8e479b04ee2..58c380676d2 100644
--- a/examples/solr-container/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/solr-container/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.34"
     annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.34"
 
-    implementation 'org.apache.solr:solr-solrj:8.11.3'
+    implementation 'org.apache.solr:solr-solrj:8.11.4'
 
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:solr'
diff --git a/examples/zookeeper/build.gradle b/examples/zookeeper/build.gradle
index cd062e2b459..835280cdfc0 100644
--- a/examples/zookeeper/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/zookeeper/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.curator:curator-framework:5.7.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.curator:curator-framework:5.8.0'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.3'
     testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.14'