diff --git a/appender/kafka/pom.xml b/appender/kafka/pom.xml
index fac5555..7631034 100644
--- a/appender/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/appender/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
                             !org.xerial.snappy*,
                             !net.jpountz*,
                             !com.fasterxml.jackson*,
+                            !org.jose4j*,
                             !kafka,
                             com.github.luben.zstd;resolution:=optional,
                             com.ibm.security.krb5*;resolution:=optional,
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
                             org.xerial.snappy*,
                             net.jpountz*,
                             com.fasterxml.jackson*,
+                            org.jose4j*,
                             kafka
                         </Private-Package>
                         <_dsannotations>*</_dsannotations>
diff --git a/collector/kafka/pom.xml b/collector/kafka/pom.xml
index b615bbf..26a4654 100644
--- a/collector/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/collector/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
                             !org.xerial.snappy*,
                             !com.fasterxml.jackson*,
                             !net.jpountz*,
+                            !org.jose4j*,
                             !kafka;
                             com.github.luben.zstd;resolution:=optional,
                             com.ibm.security.krb5*;resolution:=optional,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
                             org.xerial.snappy*,
                             com.fasterxml.jackson*,
                             net.jpountz*,
+                            org.jose4j*,
                             kafka
                         </Private-Package>
                         <_dsannotations>*</_dsannotations>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44590ad..9b9fedb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <cassandra.driver.version>4.9.0</cassandra.driver.version>
         <glassfish-json.version>1.1.4</glassfish-json.version>
         <json-api.version>1.1.4</json-api.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.8.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.1.0</kafka.version>
         <karaf.version>4.2.15</karaf.version>
         <kibana.version>3.1.1</kibana.version>
         <kibana4.version>4.1.2</kibana4.version>
@@ -135,24 +135,19 @@
                     <version>${karaf.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>5.1.4</version>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.8.1</version>
+                    <version>2.8.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
+                    <version>2.5.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -162,7 +157,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
                         <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
@@ -179,7 +174,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.17</version>
+                    <version>2.22.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -211,6 +206,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.9.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -219,6 +215,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -235,6 +232,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>5.1.4</version>
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>