diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2f0c485d25f..52d6f33f25c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.gradleup.shadow' version '8.3.9'
     id 'me.champeau.gradle.japicmp' version '0.4.3' apply false
     id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.22.0' apply false
-    id 'org.jreleaser' version '1.18.0' apply false
+    id 'org.jreleaser' version '1.20.0' apply false
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ci-support.gradle"
diff --git a/examples/cucumber/build.gradle b/examples/cucumber/build.gradle
index 7d46a147ef3..84dbc39a85e 100644
--- a/examples/cucumber/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/cucumber/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.13.4')
     testImplementation 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-suite'
-    testImplementation platform('io.cucumber:cucumber-bom:7.27.2')
+    testImplementation platform('io.cucumber:cucumber-bom:7.30.0')
     testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java'
     testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-junit-platform-engine'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers-selenium'
diff --git a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
index 41dffd5a543..67ca7e4e37c 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.38"
     testAnnotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.38"
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers-kafka'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.0.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.1.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.4'
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
     testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.15'
diff --git a/examples/nats/build.gradle b/examples/nats/build.gradle
index 765fefd7491..5e63a2d33a0 100644
--- a/examples/nats/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/nats/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.4'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers'
-    testImplementation 'io.nats:jnats:2.21.5'
+    testImplementation 'io.nats:jnats:2.23.0'
     testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.15'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.14'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.13.4'
diff --git a/examples/redis-backed-cache-testng/build.gradle b/examples/redis-backed-cache-testng/build.gradle
index 52c574e182d..f0d043ce978 100644
--- a/examples/redis-backed-cache-testng/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/redis-backed-cache-testng/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
-    implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:6.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.1'
+    implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:6.2.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2'
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers'
     testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.15'
diff --git a/examples/redis-backed-cache/build.gradle b/examples/redis-backed-cache/build.gradle
index da92871a0df..5d20b6175dc 100644
--- a/examples/redis-backed-cache/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/redis-backed-cache/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
-    implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:6.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.1'
+    implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:6.2.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2'
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers'
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:testcontainers-junit-jupiter'
diff --git a/examples/singleton-container/build.gradle b/examples/singleton-container/build.gradle
index 4e8faa7a1b9..5db92c84a49 100644
--- a/examples/singleton-container/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/singleton-container/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
 
-    implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:6.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.1'
+    implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:6.2.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2'
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
     compileOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'