Updated 3rd party dependencies

pom.xml

@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@
         <revision>DEV-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <skipDependencyCheck>false</skipDependencyCheck>
 
-        <essentials.version>DEV-SNAPSHOT</essentials.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
-        <postgresql.version>42.7.1</postgresql.version>
+        <essentials.version>0.20.12</essentials.version>
         <objenesis.version>3.3</objenesis.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.25.3</assertj.version>
-        <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
+        <postgresql.version>42.7.1</postgresql.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
         <spring-boot.version>3.0.13</spring-boot.version>
-        <spring-kafka.version>3.0.13</spring-kafka.version>
-        <kafka-clients.version>3.6.1</kafka-clients.version>
+        <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
         <spring-data-mongodb.version>4.0.12</spring-data-mongodb.version>
+        <spring-data-jpa.version>3.0.12</spring-data-jpa.version>
+        <objenesis.version>3.3</objenesis.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.25.3</assertj.version>
         <mongodb-driver-sync.version>4.11.1</mongodb-driver-sync.version>
         <log4j-to-slf4j.version>2.22.1</log4j-to-slf4j.version>
         <json-smart.version>2.5.0</json-smart.version>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <logback.version>1.4.14</logback.version>
 
         <!-- Examples specific versions -->
-        <spring-kafka.version>3.1.1</spring-kafka.version>
+        <spring-kafka.version>3.0.13</spring-kafka.version>
         <kafka-clients.version>3.6.1</kafka-clients.version>
         <log4j-to-slf4j.version>2.22.1</log4j-to-slf4j.version>
         <json-smart.version>2.5.0</json-smart.version>