diff --git a/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml b/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
index 700f11a2e62..3d3892cd4db 100644
--- a/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- this version property is used in plugins but also in dependencies too -->
-    <version.io.quarkus>2.16.7.Final</version.io.quarkus>
+    <version.io.quarkus>2.13.8.Final</version.io.quarkus>
     <version.io.quarkus.quarkus-test>${version.io.quarkus}</version.io.quarkus.quarkus-test>
     <version.org.springframework.boot>2.6.6</version.org.springframework.boot>
-    <version.org.apache.kafka>3.4.0</version.org.apache.kafka>
+    <version.org.apache.kafka>3.2.3</version.org.apache.kafka>
 
     <!-- dependencies versions -->
-    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson>2.14.2</version.com.fasterxml.jackson>
-    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind>2.14.2</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind>
+    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson>2.13.4</version.com.fasterxml.jackson>
+    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind>2.13.4.2</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind>
     <version.com.jayway.jsonpath>2.8.0</version.com.jayway.jsonpath>
     <version.net.minidev.jsonsmart>2.4.10</version.net.minidev.jsonsmart>
     <version.net.thisptr.jackson-jq>1.0.0-preview.20220705</version.net.thisptr.jackson-jq>
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
     <version.com.github.haifengl.smile>1.5.2</version.com.github.haifengl.smile>
     <version.com.github.javaparser>3.24.2</version.com.github.javaparser>
     <version.com.github.java-json-tools>2.2.14</version.com.github.java-json-tools>
-    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype>2.14.2</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype>
+    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype>2.13.4</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype>
     <version.com.github.erosb>1.14.2</version.com.github.erosb>
     <version.com.github.victools>4.18.0</version.com.github.victools>
     <version.com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock>2.33.2</version.com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock>
-    <version.com.google.protobuf>3.22.0</version.com.google.protobuf>
+    <version.com.google.protobuf>3.19.6</version.com.google.protobuf>
     <!-- currently required for integration test only -->
     <version.com.oracle.database.jdbc>21.3.0.0</version.com.oracle.database.jdbc>
     <version.com.sun.xml.bind.core>2.3.0.1</version.com.sun.xml.bind.core>
@@ -54,19 +54,19 @@
     <version.ch.qos.logback>1.2.9</version.ch.qos.logback>
 
     <version.io.cloudevents>2.3.0</version.io.cloudevents>
-    <version.io.fabric8.kubernetes-client>6.3.1</version.io.fabric8.kubernetes-client>
-    <version.io.micrometer>1.10.2</version.io.micrometer>
+    <version.io.fabric8.kubernetes-client>5.12.4</version.io.fabric8.kubernetes-client>
+    <version.io.micrometer>1.9.4</version.io.micrometer>
     <version.org.flywaydb>9.8.3</version.org.flywaydb>
     <version.org.postgresql>42.5.1</version.org.postgresql>
     <version.io.serverlessworkflow>4.0.3.Final</version.io.serverlessworkflow>
     <!-- Aligned with Quarkus 2.7 (LTS) - see https://issues.redhat.com/browse/KOGITO-7971 -->
-    <version.io.smallrye-open-api>3.1.1</version.io.smallrye-open-api>
+    <version.io.smallrye-open-api>2.2.1</version.io.smallrye-open-api>
     <version.org.awaitility>4.2.0</version.org.awaitility>
 
-    <version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>2.30.1</version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>
+    <version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>2.27.0</version.io.smallrye.reactive.mutiny-vertx-web-client>
 
-    <version.io.vertx>4.3.7</version.io.vertx>
-    <version.io.grpc>1.51.1</version.io.grpc>
+    <version.io.vertx>4.3.4</version.io.vertx>
+    <version.io.grpc>1.49.0</version.io.grpc>
 
     <version.io.quarkus.camel>2.15.0</version.io.quarkus.camel>
 
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@
 
     <version.org.graalvm.nativeimage>22.3.0</version.org.graalvm.nativeimage>
 
-    <version.org.infinispan>14.0.6.Final</version.org.infinispan>
-    <version.org.infinispan.protostream>4.5.1.Final</version.org.infinispan.protostream>
+    <version.org.infinispan>14.0.9.Final</version.org.infinispan>
+    <version.org.infinispan.protostream>4.6.2.Final</version.org.infinispan.protostream>
 
     <version.org.rocksdb>7.10.2</version.org.rocksdb>
     <!-- consider migrating to 3.x JDK 9: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/restful-ws/ -->
     <version.jakarta.ws.rs>2.1.6</version.jakarta.ws.rs>
-    <version.org.jboss.resteasy>4.7.7.Final</version.org.jboss.resteasy>
+    <version.org.jboss.resteasy>4.7.9.Final</version.org.jboss.resteasy>
     <version.org.keycloak>20.0.2</version.org.keycloak>
     <!-- It seems that the confluent kafka cannot replace wurstmeister/kafka so easily. See FAI-729 -->
     <version.wurstmeister.kafka>2.12-2.2.1</version.wurstmeister.kafka>
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@
     <version.org.hamcrest>1.3</version.org.hamcrest> <!-- else old version coming from Mockito wins and breaks tests -->
     <version.org.junit.minor>8.2</version.org.junit.minor> <!-- so that org.junit.platform and org.junit can share the same minor version -->
     <version.org.junit>5.${version.org.junit.minor}</version.org.junit>
-    <version.org.junit.jupiter>5.9.2</version.org.junit.jupiter>
-    <version.org.junit.vintage>5.9.2</version.org.junit.vintage>
-    <version.org.junit.platform>1.9.2</version.org.junit.platform> <!-- otherwise Quarkus brings its own, silently disabling some tests -->
+    <version.org.junit.jupiter>5.9.1</version.org.junit.jupiter>
+    <version.org.junit.vintage>5.9.1</version.org.junit.vintage>
+    <version.org.junit.platform>1.9.1</version.org.junit.platform> <!-- otherwise Quarkus brings its own, silently disabling some tests -->
     <version.org.junit.pioneer>1.5.0</version.org.junit.pioneer>
-    <version.org.mockito>4.11.0</version.org.mockito>
+    <version.org.mockito>4.8.1</version.org.mockito>
     <version.org.testcontainers>1.17.6</version.org.testcontainers>
     <version.org.xmlunit-core>2.9.1</version.org.xmlunit-core>
     <version.io.rest-assured>4.5.1</version.io.rest-assured>