diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cb2554e..04b6c1e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ subprojects { p ->
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    configurations.all {
+        resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
+            if (details.requested.name == 'lettuce-core' ) {
+                details.useVersion lettuceVersion
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 boolean hasTestsAt(File testDir) {
diff --git a/core/redis-kafka-connect/redis-kafka-connect.gradle b/core/redis-kafka-connect/redis-kafka-connect.gradle
index 23ec0a2..93f870a 100644
--- a/core/redis-kafka-connect/redis-kafka-connect.gradle
+++ b/core/redis-kafka-connect/redis-kafka-connect.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-pool2'
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
     compileOnly 'org.apache.kafka:connect-api'
-    compileOnly 'org.apache.kafka:connect-json'    
+    compileOnly 'org.apache.kafka:connect-json'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:connect-api'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:connect-json'
     testImplementation 'org.awaitility:awaitility'
@@ -42,17 +42,13 @@ eclipse {
 
 jar.finalizedBy shadowJar
 
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-
-tasks.named('shadowJar', ShadowJar) {
+tasks.named('shadowJar', com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar) {
     enableRelocation true
     relocationPrefix "com.redis.kafka.connect.shaded"
 }
 
 def archiveFilename = "redis-redis-kafka-connect"
-def releaseDate = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE.format(LocalDateTime.now())
+def releaseDate = java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE.format(java.time.LocalDateTime.now())
 
 tasks.register('prepareConfluentArchive', Copy) {
     group = "Confluent"
diff --git a/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSinkIntegrationTests.java b/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSinkIntegrationTests.java
index afec459..974ba62 100644
--- a/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSinkIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSinkIntegrationTests.java
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void putJSON() throws JsonProcessingException {
 		}
 		put(topic, RedisType.JSON, records);
 		for (Person person : persons) {
-			String json = redisConnection.sync().jsonGet(topic + ":" + person.getId());
+			String json = redisConnection.sync().jsonGet(topic + ":" + person.getId()).get(0).toString();
 			assertEquals(person, mapper.readValue(json, Person.class));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSourceIntegrationTests.java b/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSourceIntegrationTests.java
index 90944be..d66e9bd 100644
--- a/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSourceIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/core/redis-kafka-connect/src/test/java/com/redis/kafka/connect/AbstractSourceIntegrationTests.java
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ private Compare values(Struct struct) {
 		case KeyValue.TYPE_HASH:
 			return compare(commands.hgetall(key), struct.getMap(ToStructFunction.FIELD_HASH));
 		case KeyValue.TYPE_JSON:
-			return compare(commands.jsonGet(key, "."), struct.getString(ToStructFunction.FIELD_JSON));
+			return compare(commands.jsonGet(key).get(0).toString(), struct.getString(ToStructFunction.FIELD_JSON));
 		case KeyValue.TYPE_LIST:
 			return compare(commands.lrange(key, 0, -1), struct.getArray(ToStructFunction.FIELD_LIST));
 		case KeyValue.TYPE_SET:
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 71bdafd..e64ec69 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ targetCompatibility         = 17
 reproducibleBuild           = true
 
 asciidoctorVersion          = 3.3.2
-bootPluginVersion           = 3.3.5
+bootPluginVersion           = 3.4.2
 dependencyPluginVersion     = 1.1.6
 gitPluginVersion            = 3.0.0
 jacocoPluginVersion         = 0.8.12
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ kordampBuildVersion         = 3.4.0
 kordampPluginVersion        = 0.54.0
 shadowPluginVersion         = 8.1.8
 
-lettucemodVersion           = 4.1.0
-springBatchRedisVersion     = 4.5.1-SNAPSHOT
-testcontainersRedisVersion  = 2.2.2
+lettucemodVersion           = 4.2.0
+lettuceVersion              = 6.5.2.RELEASE
+springBatchRedisVersion     = 4.6.2
+testcontainersRedisVersion  = 2.2.3
 
 org.gradle.daemon           = false
 org.gradle.caching          = false