diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ad357c3c..55688fd4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ allprojects {
             force "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:" + slf4jApiVersion
             force "io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:" + nettyBoringSSLVersion
             force "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:" + apacheZookeeperVersion
+ 	    force "org.yaml:snakeyaml:" +snakeYamlVersion
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a66d2658..a3a1b4a7 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ gradleLombokPluginVersion=4.0.0
 gradleSshPluginVersion=2.9.0
 guavaVersion=30.1-jre
 javaxServletApiVersion=4.0.0
-jacksonVersion=2.13.2
+jacksonVersion=2.13.4
 everitVersion=1.12.1
 javaxwsrsApiVersion=2.1
 jaxbVersion=2.3.1
@@ -35,23 +35,24 @@ jerseyVersion=2.35
 junitVersion=4.13.2
 lombokVersion=1.18.12
 mockitoVersion=3.3.3
-nettyBoringSSLVersion=2.0.48.Final
+nettyBoringSSLVersion=2.0.54.Final
 jacocoVersion=0.8.5
 protobufGradlePlugin=0.8.15
-protobufProtocVersion=3.19.4
+protobufProtocVersion=3.21.7
 protobufUtilVersion=3.19.4
 qosLogbackVersion=1.2.10
 shadowGradlePlugin=4.0.2
 swaggerJersey2JaxrsVersion=1.6.2
 slf4jApiVersion=1.7.25
 gradleGitPluginVersion=4.1.1
-avroVersion=1.11.0
+avroVersion=1.11.1
 avroProtobufVersion=1.10.2
 snappyVersion=1.1.7.3
 javaxActivationVersion=1.1.1
 pravegaVersion=0.12.0
 pravegaKeyCloakVersion=0.12.0
 apacheZookeeperVersion=3.6.3
+snakeYamlVersion=1.33
 
 # Version and base tags can be overridden at build time
 schemaregistryVersion=0.6.0-SNAPSHOT