diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 795435a49..a7ca086dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@
     <dependency.netty.version>4.1.116.Final</dependency.netty.version>
     <dependency.osgi.version>6.0.0</dependency.osgi.version>
     <dependency.proto.version>2.50.0</dependency.proto.version>
-    <dependency.protobuf.version>4.29.2</dependency.protobuf.version>
+    <dependency.protobuf.version>4.29.3</dependency.protobuf.version>
     <dependency.revapi.version>0.28.1</dependency.revapi.version>
     <dependency.scala.version>2.13.15</dependency.scala.version>
     <dependency.slf4j.version>2.0.16</dependency.slf4j.version>
     <dependency.snakeyaml.version>2.3</dependency.snakeyaml.version>
+    <dependency.spring-boot.version>3.3.7</dependency.spring-boot.version>
     <dependency.spring.version>6.1.14</dependency.spring.version>
     <dependency.testcontainers.version>1.20.4</dependency.testcontainers.version>
     <dependency.zeebe.version>8.7.0-SNAPSHOT</dependency.zeebe.version>
@@ -500,6 +501,14 @@
         <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
         <version>3.48.4</version>
       </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.spring-boot.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/spring-test/pom.xml b/spring-test/pom.xml
index 7954fa654..8c9b763fb 100644
--- a/spring-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-test/pom.xml
@@ -22,22 +22,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <plugin.version.license>4.6</plugin.version.license>
-    <version.spring-boot>3.3.7</version.spring-boot>
   </properties>
 
-  <dependencyManagement>
-    <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.spring-boot}</version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>