diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 000f233..db57125 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ commands:
     steps:
       - run:
           name: Create reports
-          command: mvn -e surefire-report:failsafe-report-only surefire-report:report-only
+          command: mvn surefire-report:failsafe-report-only surefire-report:report-only
       - store_artifacts:
           path: target/site
   load_cache:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ./docker/startup.sh
       - run:
           name: Integration Tests
-          command: mvn -e integration-test
+          command: mvn integration-test
       - report
       - store_cache
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         default: 'single'
       kafka-version:
         type: 'string'
-        default: '3.6'
+        default: '3.7'
     environment:
       STARTER_MODE: <<parameters.topology>>
       DOCKER_IMAGE: <<parameters.docker-img>>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ./docker/startup.sh
       - run:
           name: Integration Tests
-          command: mvn -e integration-test -Ddistributed -Darango.topology=$STARTER_MODE
+          command: mvn integration-test -Ddistributed -Darango.topology=$STARTER_MODE
       - report
       - store_cache
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ./docker/startup.sh
       - run:
           name: Integration Tests
-          command: mvn -e integration-test -Ddistributed -DSslTest=true -Dit.test=com.arangodb.kafka.SslIT
+          command: mvn integration-test -Ddistributed -DSslTest=true -Dit.test=com.arangodb.kafka.SslIT
       - report
       - store_cache
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           background: true
       - run:
           name: Integration Tests
-          command: mvn -e integration-test -DresilienceTests -Darango.topology=$STARTER_MODE -Dit.test=com.arangodb.kafka.resilience.**
+          command: mvn integration-test -DresilienceTests -Darango.topology=$STARTER_MODE -Dit.test=com.arangodb.kafka.resilience.**
       - report
       - store_cache
 
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ workflows:
               jdk:
                 - 'j11'
               kafka-version:
+                - '3.7'
                 - '3.6'
                 - '3.5'
                 - '3.4'
diff --git a/demo/docker-compose.yml b/demo/docker-compose.yml
index f46a091..77c17fe 100644
--- a/demo/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/demo/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "2"
 
 services:
   kafka-1:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.6
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
     ports:
       - '19092:19092'
     environment:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
 
   kafka-2:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.6
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
     ports:
       - '29092:29092'
     environment:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
 
   kafka-3:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.6
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
     ports:
       - '39092:39092'
     environment:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
 
   kafka-connect-1:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.6
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
     depends_on:
       - kafka-1
       - kafka-2
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ services:
     command: /opt/bitnami/kafka/bin/connect-distributed.sh /tmp/connect-distributed-1.properties
 
   kafka-connect-2:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.6
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
     depends_on:
       - kafka-1
       - kafka-2
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bd5d06..bd03ade 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.6.0</kafka.version>
-        <confluent.version>7.5.2</confluent.version>
-        <arangodb.version>7.6.0</arangodb.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.13.5</jackson.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
+        <confluent.version>7.6.1</confluent.version>
+        <arangodb.version>7.7.1</arangodb.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.2</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.24.2</version>
+            <version>3.26.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.0</version>
+            <version>4.2.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.36</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -242,10 +242,21 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>5.10.0</version>
+                <version>5.10.3</version>
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                <version>1.26.0</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
@@ -257,30 +268,15 @@
                 <version>1.14.5</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-                <version>1.24.0</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.2</version>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <compilerArgs>
                         <arg>-Xlint:unchecked</arg>
@@ -300,7 +296,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -313,7 +309,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -326,12 +322,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>integration-test</phase>
@@ -350,7 +346,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <gpgArguments>
                         <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
@@ -370,7 +366,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5.0</version>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
                 </configuration>
@@ -396,7 +392,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.2</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -420,7 +416,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>enforce</id>
@@ -452,7 +448,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <retryFailedDeploymentCount>10</retryFailedDeploymentCount>
                 </configuration>
@@ -460,7 +456,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.13</version>
+                <version>1.7.0</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
@@ -499,7 +495,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
@@ -581,14 +577,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-    <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </reporting>
-
 </project>
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