diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af8bc0acb..b6b772179 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
         <!--Compatible protobuf version https://github.com/confluentinc/common/blob/v7.7.0/pom.xml#L91 -->
         <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <iceberg.version>1.6.1</iceberg.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
+        <commons-compress.version>1.27.1</commons-compress.version>
     </properties>
 
 
@@ -376,20 +378,20 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.26.0</version>
+            <version>${commons-compress.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
-        </dependency>      
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.confluent/kafka-schema-registry-client?repo=confluent-packages -->
diff --git a/pom_confluent.xml b/pom_confluent.xml
index d47bad092..062c6f466 100644
--- a/pom_confluent.xml
+++ b/pom_confluent.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
         <!--Compatible protobuf version https://github.com/confluentinc/common/blob/v7.7.0/pom.xml#L91 -->
         <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <iceberg.version>1.6.1</iceberg.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
+        <commons-compress.version>1.27.1</commons-compress.version>
     </properties>
 
 
@@ -533,20 +535,20 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.26.0</version>
+            <version>${commons-compress.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.confluent/kafka-schema-registry-client?repo=confluent-packages -->