diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 28d104f9ff75a..6549442328835 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
         <rest-assured.version>5.3.0</rest-assured.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit.jupiter.version>
         <junit-pioneer.version>1.5.0</junit-pioneer.version>
-        <infinispan.version>14.0.6.Final</infinispan.version>
-        <infinispan.protostream.version>4.5.1.Final</infinispan.protostream.version>
+        <infinispan.version>14.0.7.Final</infinispan.version>
+        <infinispan.protostream.version>4.6.1.Final</infinispan.protostream.version>
         <caffeine.version>3.1.1</caffeine.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.87.Final</netty.version>
         <brotli4j.version>1.8.0</brotli4j.version>
diff --git a/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/src/main/resources/enforcer-rules/quarkus-banned-dependencies.xml b/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/src/main/resources/enforcer-rules/quarkus-banned-dependencies.xml
index ecca017d9cca1..7a018507b3a3b 100644
--- a/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/src/main/resources/enforcer-rules/quarkus-banned-dependencies.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/src/main/resources/enforcer-rules/quarkus-banned-dependencies.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@
                 <!-- Includes its own copy of an old version of the servlet API-->
                 <exclude>org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core</exclude>
                 <exclude>org.jboss.modules:jboss-modules</exclude>
-                <!-- We prefer ByteBuddy where possible -->
-                <exclude>org.javassist:javassist</exclude>
+                <!-- We prefer ByteBuddy where possible
+                     but Protostream requires Javassist and moving away from it will be hard)-->
+                <!--<exclude>org.javassist:javassist</exclude>-->
                 <!-- Jandex moved to SmallRye -->
                 <exclude>org.jboss:jandex</exclude>
                 <!-- Ensure Fabric8 Kubernetes Client won't propagate its OkHttp implementation -->