diff --git a/google-cloud-pub-sub-grpc/src/main/mima-filters/7.0.2.backwards.excludes b/google-cloud-pub-sub-grpc/src/main/mima-filters/7.0.2.backwards.excludes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..447b83744e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-pub-sub-grpc/src/main/mima-filters/7.0.2.backwards.excludes
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# generated protobuf and gRPC code is not binary compatible after Akka gRPC bump
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.alts.internal.handshaker.HandshakeProtocol.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.alts.internal.handshaker.HandshakeProtocol.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.alts.internal.handshaker.NetworkProtocol.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.alts.internal.handshaker.NetworkProtocol.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.alts.internal.transport_security_common.SecurityLevel.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.alts.internal.transport_security_common.SecurityLevel.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.binarylog.v1.binarylog.Address#Type.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.binarylog.v1.binarylog.GrpcLogEntry#EventType.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.binarylog.v1.binarylog.GrpcLogEntry#Logger.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.channelz.v1.channelz.ChannelConnectivityState#State.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.channelz.v1.channelz.ChannelTraceEvent#Severity.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.grpc.health.v1.health.HealthCheckResponse#ServingStatus.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.agent.common.v1.common.LibraryInfo#Language.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.metrics.v1.metrics.MetricDescriptor#Type.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.stats.v1.stats.Measure#Type.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.trace.v1.trace.Span#Link#Type.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.trace.v1.trace.Span#SpanKind.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.trace.v1.trace.Span#TimeEvent#MessageEvent#Type.values")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleSignatureProblem]("io.opencensus.proto.trace.v1.trace_config.ConstantSampler#ConstantDecision.values")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 166cdcc0cd..c0eda41cbb 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val Scala2Versions = Seq(Scala213)
   val ScalaVersions = Dependencies.Scala2Versions :+ Dependencies.Scala3
 
-  val AkkaVersion = "2.9.0"
+  val AkkaVersion = "2.9.3"
   val AkkaBinaryVersion = "2.9"
 
   val InfluxDBJavaVersion = "2.15"
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ object Dependencies {
   // Sync with plugins.sbt
   val AkkaGrpcBinaryVersion = "2.4"
   // sync ignore prefix in scripts/link-validator.conf#L30
-  val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.0"
+  val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.6.3"
   val AkkaHttpBinaryVersion = "10.6"
-  val AlpakkaKafkaVersion = "5.0.0"
+  val AlpakkaKafkaVersion = "6.0.0"
   val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.18"
   val TestContainersScalaTestVersion = "0.40.3" // pulls Testcontainers 1.16.2
   val mockitoVersion = "4.11.0" // check even https://github.com/scalatest/scalatestplus-mockito/releases
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index f5bc342f0d..a843d95699 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-api-mappings" % "sbt-api-mappings" % "3.0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-site-paradox" % "1.5.0")
 // Akka gRPC -- sync with version in Dependencies.scala:22
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.4.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.4.3")
 // templating
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-boilerplate" % "0.7.0")