diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index 662e8a7d..a73ffd26 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.36</version>
+      <version>1.18.28</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.18</version>
+      <version>1.3.14</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-      <version>5.16.1</version>
+      <version>3.12.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.14.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.44.3</version> <!--last version to support java 8-->
+        <version>2.30.0</version> <!--last version to support java 8-->
         <configuration>
           <java>
             <palantirJavaFormat />
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index bc2ecbe9..0d1a9932 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <protobuf.version>4.30.2</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.27.5</protobuf.version>
     <sqlite4java.version>1.0.392</sqlite4java.version>
     <sqlite4java.native>libsqlite4java</sqlite4java.native>
     <sqlite4java.libpath>${project.build.directory}/test-lib</sqlite4java.libpath>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.18.3</version>
+      <version>2.12.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.reactivestreams</groupId>
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
       <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>2.31.8</version>
+      <version>2.25.64</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.reactivex.rxjava3</groupId>
       <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.10</version>
+      <version>3.1.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.36</version>
+      <version>1.18.24</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
-      <version>5.12.1</version>
+      <version>5.11.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Using older version to be compatible with Java 8   -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-      <version>5.16.1</version>
+      <version>3.12.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.18</version>
+      <version>1.3.14</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.14.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.30.0</version> <!--last version to support java 8 is 2.30.0-->
+        <version>2.30.0</version> <!--last version to support java 8-->
         <configuration>
           <java>
             <palantirJavaFormat />
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>analyze-dependencies</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4990e25..e646f985 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <awssdk.version>2.31.8</awssdk.version>
+    <awssdk.version>2.25.64</awssdk.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.14.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
           <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.44.3</version> <!--last version to support java 8-->
+          <version>2.30.0</version> <!--last version to support java 8-->
           <configuration>
             <java>
               <palantirJavaFormat />
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.7</version>
+            <version>3.2.1</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>