diff --git a/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index c5cbdccaec7..b64df22166e 100644
--- a/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.3.1</version>
+              <version>3.5.0</version>
               <configuration>
                 <!-- Excludes integration tests and smoke tests when unit tests are run -->
                 <excludes>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.3.1</version>
+              <version>3.5.0</version>
               <executions>
                 <execution>
                   <goals>
diff --git a/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index cd0c36679ce..fa66be9a72b 100644
--- a/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.1</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <additionalClasspathElements>
             <additionalClasspathElement>
diff --git a/gax-java/dependencies.properties b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
index f6804fefb1f..15195804614 100644
--- a/gax-java/dependencies.properties
+++ b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ maven.org_mockito_mockito_junit_jupiter=org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter:4.11.0
 maven.org_hamcrest_hamcrest_core=org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3
 maven.com_google_truth_truth=com.google.truth:truth:1.4.4
 maven.com_googlecode_java_diff_utils_diffutils=com.googlecode.java-diff-utils:diffutils:1.3.0
-maven.net_bytebuddy_byte_buddy=net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.14.18
+maven.net_bytebuddy_byte_buddy=net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.15.1
 maven.org_objenesis_objenesis=org.objenesis:objenesis:2.6
 maven.org_junit_jupiter_junit_jupiter_api=org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.3
 maven.org_junit_jupiter_junit_jupiter_params=org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.10.3
diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/dependency-analyzer/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/dependency-analyzer/pom.xml
index 2427eeb37f5..4d495e656eb 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/dependency-analyzer/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/dependency-analyzer/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.1</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <environmentVariables>
             <!--this environment variable is used to set token when construct
diff --git a/library_generation/requirements.txt b/library_generation/requirements.txt
index 7154feacc5f..1f04f7d4ffd 100644
--- a/library_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/library_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ black==24.8.0 \
     --hash=sha256:f490dbd59680d809ca31efdae20e634f3fae27fba3ce0ba3208333b713bc3920 \
     --hash=sha256:fb6e2c0b86bbd43dee042e48059c9ad7830abd5c94b0bc518c0eeec57c3eddc1
     # via -r requirements.in
-certifi==2024.7.4 \
-    --hash=sha256:5a1e7645bc0ec61a09e26c36f6106dd4cf40c6db3a1fb6352b0244e7fb057c7b \
-    --hash=sha256:c198e21b1289c2ab85ee4e67bb4b4ef3ead0892059901a8d5b622f24a1101e90
+certifi==2024.8.30 \
+    --hash=sha256:922820b53db7a7257ffbda3f597266d435245903d80737e34f8a45ff3e3230d8 \
+    --hash=sha256:bec941d2aa8195e248a60b31ff9f0558284cf01a52591ceda73ea9afffd69fd9
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2 \
     --hash=sha256:06435b539f889b1f6f4ac1758871aae42dc3a8c0e24ac9e60c2384973ad73027 \
diff --git a/showcase/pom.xml b/showcase/pom.xml
index 83a6b573f40..e1d5cccaa93 100644
--- a/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.5.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <reportNameSuffix>sponge_log</reportNameSuffix>
               <skipTests>${skipUnitTests}</skipTests>