diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/microprofile-rest-client-3.0-jackson-with-xml/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/microprofile-rest-client-3.0-jackson-with-xml/pom.xml
index d701aacddb76..4c74f4306c0f 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/microprofile-rest-client-3.0-jackson-with-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/microprofile-rest-client-3.0-jackson-with-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>microprofile-rest-client-3-jackson-with-xml</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>microprofile-rest-client-3-jackson-with-xml</name>
-  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server. For this sample, you can use the api key &#x60;special-key&#x60; to test the authorization filters.</description>
+  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server. For this sample, you can use the api key `special-key` to test the authorization filters.</description>
   <version>1.0.0</version>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     <microprofile.rest.client.api.version>3.0</microprofile.rest.client.api.version>
     <jersey.mp.rest.client.version>3.0.4</jersey.mp.rest.client.version>
     <geronimo.config.impl.version>1.2.3</geronimo.config.impl.version>
-    <cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>3.5.1</cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>
+    <cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>3.5.10</cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>
     <jaxb.core.version>3.0.2</jaxb.core.version>
     <jaxb.impl.version>3.0.2</jaxb.impl.version>
     <hibernate.validator.version>7.0.4.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/webclient-swagger2/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/webclient-swagger2/pom.xml
index ca3052ed600d..5b3882a410c0 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/webclient-swagger2/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/webclient-swagger2/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <jackson-version>2.17.1</jackson-version>
         <jackson-databind-version>2.17.1</jackson-databind-version>
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
-        <spring-boot-version>2.7.17</spring-boot-version>
+        <spring-boot-version>3.3.7</spring-boot-version>
         <jakarta-annotation-version>1.3.5</jakarta-annotation-version>
         <reactor-version>3.4.34</reactor-version>
         <reactor-netty-version>1.0.39</reactor-netty-version>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/spring-cloud-deprecated/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/spring-cloud-deprecated/pom.xml
index 77062fc625b5..e2e636af5665 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/spring-cloud-deprecated/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/spring-cloud-deprecated/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2-client</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7.8</version>
+            <version>6.4.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>