diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b6969fee7e..8f5f0c9a481 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@
         <kafka.version>[7.3.14-0-ccs, 7.3.15-0-ccs)</kafka.version>
         <ce.kafka.version>[7.3.14-0-ce, 7.3.15-0-ce)</ce.kafka.version>
         <easymock.version>5.2.0</easymock.version>
-        <!-- keep exec-maven-plugin on 1.5.0 until https://github.com/mojohaus/exec-maven-plugin/issues/76 is fixed
-             running our LicenseFinder plugin in create-licenses-for-docker breaks when upgrading to 1.6.0 -->
-        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+        <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.5.1</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.7.1</spotbugs.version>
         <spotbugs.maven.plugin.version>4.7.1.0</spotbugs.maven.plugin.version>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
@@ -76,21 +74,21 @@
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.8.2</junit.jupiter.version>
         <kafka.scala.version>2.13</kafka.scala.version>
         <scala.version>2.13.10</scala.version>
-        <maven-assembly.version>3.3.0</maven-assembly.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.10.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
-        <maven-deploy.version>2.8.2</maven-deploy.version>
-        <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
-        <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+        <maven-assembly.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+        <maven-deploy.version>3.1.4</maven-deploy.version>
+        <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
+        <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-site-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-site-plugin.version>
-        <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-site-plugin.version>3.21.0</maven-site-plugin.version>
+        <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
         <mbknor-jackson-jsonschema.version>1.0.39</mbknor-jackson-jsonschema.version>
-        <buildnumber-plugin.version>1.4</buildnumber-plugin.version>
+        <buildnumber-plugin.version>3.2.1</buildnumber-plugin.version>
         <mockito.version>4.6.1</mockito.version>
         <mockito-all.version>1.10.19</mockito-all.version>
-        <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</os-maven-plugin.version>
+        <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
         <jaxb.version>2.3.0</jaxb.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.124.Final</netty.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
@@ -118,10 +116,10 @@
         <jmx_prometheus_javaagent.version>0.18.0</jmx_prometheus_javaagent.version>
         <jolokia-jvm.version>1.7.1</jolokia-jvm.version>
         <checkstyle.version>9.3</checkstyle.version>
-        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
-        <maven-install-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-install-plugin.version>
-        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
+        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
+        <maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-install-plugin.version>
+        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle.config.location>checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</checkstyle.config.location>
         <checkstyle.suppressions.location>checkstyle/common-suppressions.xml</checkstyle.suppressions.location>
         <dependency.check.version>7.4.4</dependency.check.version>