diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6000411d3..6340b9500 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 plugins {
     // Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
     id 'java'
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.50.0'
     id 'se.patrikerdes.use-latest-versions' version '0.2.18'
 
 }
diff --git a/load-generator/build.gradle b/load-generator/build.gradle
index 812f398ae..db3826067 100644
--- a/load-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/load-generator/build.gradle
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly 'info.picocli:picocli-codegen:4.7.5'
 
     // log
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.21.1'
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.21.1'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.22.0'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.22.0'
 
     implementation project(":trace-java-client")
 }
diff --git a/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle b/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle
index 5eb2cb6de..469891720 100644
--- a/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle
+++ b/sample-apps/jaeger-zipkin-sample-app/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ application {
 dependencies {
     implementation "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.4"
     implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0"
-    implementation "software.amazon.awssdk:s3:2.21.22"
+    implementation "software.amazon.awssdk:s3:2.21.27"
     implementation "io.grpc:grpc-api:1.59.0"
     implementation "io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.59.0"
     implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9"
diff --git a/validator/build.gradle b/validator/build.gradle
index 832d5c9eb..9a7caacb7 100644
--- a/validator/build.gradle
+++ b/validator/build.gradle
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation group: 'org.assertj', name: 'assertj-core', version: '3.24.2'
 
   // log
-  implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.21.1'
-  implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.21.1'
+  implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.22.0'
+  implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.22.0'
 
   // mustache template
   implementation group: 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java', name: 'compiler', version: '0.9.11'
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.15.0'
 
   // yaml reader
-  implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.15.3'
+  implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-yaml', version: '2.16.0'
 
   // json flattener
   implementation group: 'com.github.wnameless', name: 'json-flattener', version: '0.7.1'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly 'info.picocli:picocli-codegen:4.7.5'
 
   // aws sdk
-  implementation platform('com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-bom:1.12.588')
+  implementation platform('com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-bom:1.12.593')
   implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-s3'
   implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-cloudwatch'
   implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-xray'