diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 54802917d05a5..9eecb1696bb19 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildscript {
   ext.logbackClassic = '1.2.12'
   ext.hadoop3Version = '3.3.5'
   ext.kafkaVersion = '2.3.0'
-  ext.hazelcastVersion = '5.3.1'
+  ext.hazelcastVersion = '5.3.6'
   ext.ebeanVersion = '12.16.1'
 
   ext.docker_registry = 'linkedin'
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ project.ext.spec = [
         'pegasus' : [
             'd2' : 'com.linkedin.pegasus:d2:' + pegasusVersion,
             'data' : 'com.linkedin.pegasus:data:' + pegasusVersion,
-            'dataAvro1_6' : 'com.linkedin.pegasus:data-avro-1_6:' + pegasusVersion,
+            'dataAvro': 'com.linkedin.pegasus:data-avro:' + pegasusVersion,
             'generator': 'com.linkedin.pegasus:generator:' + pegasusVersion,
             'restliCommon' : 'com.linkedin.pegasus:restli-common:' + pegasusVersion,
             'restliClient' : 'com.linkedin.pegasus:restli-client:' + pegasusVersion,
@@ -71,22 +71,21 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'assertJ': 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.11.1',
     'avro': 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3',
     'avroCompiler': 'org.apache.avro:avro-compiler:1.11.3',
-    'awsGlueSchemaRegistrySerde': 'software.amazon.glue:schema-registry-serde:1.1.10',
-    'awsMskIamAuth': 'software.amazon.msk:aws-msk-iam-auth:1.1.1',
-    'awsSecretsManagerJdbc': 'com.amazonaws.secretsmanager:aws-secretsmanager-jdbc:1.0.8',
-    'awsPostgresIamAuth': 'software.amazon.jdbc:aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper:1.0.0',
+    'awsGlueSchemaRegistrySerde': 'software.amazon.glue:schema-registry-serde:1.1.17',
+    'awsMskIamAuth': 'software.amazon.msk:aws-msk-iam-auth:1.1.9',
+    'awsSecretsManagerJdbc': 'com.amazonaws.secretsmanager:aws-secretsmanager-jdbc:1.0.13',
+    'awsPostgresIamAuth': 'software.amazon.jdbc:aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper:1.0.2',
     'awsRds':'software.amazon.awssdk:rds:2.18.24',
-    'cacheApi' : 'javax.cache:cache-api:1.1.0',
+    'cacheApi': 'javax.cache:cache-api:1.1.0',
     'commonsCli': 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.5.0',
     'commonsIo': 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4',
     'commonsLang': 'commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6',
     'commonsText': 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.10.0',
     'commonsCollections': 'commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2.2',
-    'data' : 'com.linkedin.pegasus:data:' + pegasusVersion,
     'datastaxOssNativeProtocol': 'com.datastax.oss:native-protocol:1.5.1',
     'datastaxOssCore': 'com.datastax.oss:java-driver-core:4.14.1',
     'datastaxOssQueryBuilder': 'com.datastax.oss:java-driver-query-builder:4.14.1',
-    'dgraph4j' : 'io.dgraph:dgraph4j:21.03.1',
+    'dgraph4j' : 'io.dgraph:dgraph4j:21.12.0',
     'dropwizardMetricsCore': 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.3',
     'dropwizardMetricsJmx': 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jmx:4.2.3',
     'ebean': 'io.ebean:ebean:' + ebeanVersion,
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'jsonPatch': 'com.github.java-json-tools:json-patch:1.13',
     'jsonSimple': 'com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1.1',
     'jsonSmart': 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.9',
-    'json': 'org.json:json:20230227',
+    'json': 'org.json:json:20231013',
     'junit': 'junit:junit:4.13.2',
     'junitJupiterApi': "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junitJupiterVersion",
     'junitJupiterParams': "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:$junitJupiterVersion",
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'kafkaAvroSerde': 'io.confluent:kafka-streams-avro-serde:5.5.1',
     'kafkaAvroSerializer': 'io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:5.1.4',
     'kafkaClients': "org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:$kafkaVersion",
-    'snappy': 'org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.3',
+    'snappy': 'org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.4',
     'logbackClassic': "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackClassic",
     'slf4jApi': "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
     'log4jCore': "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:$log4jVersion",
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'opentelemetryAnnotations': 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-annotations:' + openTelemetryVersion,
     'opentracingJdbc':'io.opentracing.contrib:opentracing-jdbc:0.2.15',
     'parquet': 'org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro:1.12.3',
+    'parquetHadoop': 'org.apache.parquet:parquet-hadoop:1.13.1',
     'picocli': 'info.picocli:picocli:4.5.0',
     'playCache': "com.typesafe.play:play-cache_2.12:$playVersion",
     'playWs': 'com.typesafe.play:play-ahc-ws-standalone_2.12:2.1.10',
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'playPac4j': 'org.pac4j:play-pac4j_2.12:9.0.2',
     'postgresql': 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.3.8',
     'protobuf': 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.19.6',
+    'grpcProtobuf': 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.53.0',
     'rangerCommons': 'org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-common:2.3.0',
     'reflections': 'org.reflections:reflections:0.9.9',
     'resilience4j': 'io.github.resilience4j:resilience4j-retry:1.7.1',
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'springBootStarterJetty': "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:$springBootVersion",
     'springBootStarterCache': "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-cache:$springBootVersion",
     'springBootStarterValidation': "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation:$springBootVersion",
-    'springKafka': 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka:2.8.11',
+    'springKafka': 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka:2.9.13',
     'springActuator': "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:$springBootVersion",
     'swaggerAnnotations': 'io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-annotations:2.2.15',
     'swaggerCli': 'io.swagger.codegen.v3:swagger-codegen-cli:3.0.46',
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ subprojects {
   plugins.withType(JavaPlugin) {
     dependencies {
       constraints {
-        implementation('io.netty:netty-all:4.1.86.Final')
+        implementation('io.netty:netty-all:4.1.100.Final')
         implementation('org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.21')
         implementation('org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core:2.3')
         implementation('org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:6.0.20.Final')
diff --git a/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle b/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle
index 81e6e79c2a5e5..3356445cda7e1 100644
--- a/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle
+++ b/datahub-upgrade/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ dependencies {
   runtimeOnly externalDependency.mysqlConnector
   runtimeOnly externalDependency.postgresql
 
-  implementation externalDependency.awsMskIamAuth
+  implementation(externalDependency.awsMskIamAuth) {
+    exclude group: 'software.amazon.awssdk', module: 'third-party-jackson-core'
+  }
 
   annotationProcessor externalDependency.lombok
   annotationProcessor externalDependency.picocli
@@ -75,6 +77,12 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation externalDependency.mockito
   testImplementation externalDependency.testng
   testRuntimeOnly externalDependency.logbackClassic
+
+  constraints {
+    implementation(implementation externalDependency.parquetHadoop) {
+      because("CVE-2022-42003")
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 bootJar {
diff --git a/metadata-events/mxe-registration/build.gradle b/metadata-events/mxe-registration/build.gradle
index 032870d93329f..2842dd935c7ee 100644
--- a/metadata-events/mxe-registration/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-events/mxe-registration/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':metadata-events:mxe-avro')
   implementation project(':metadata-models')
-  implementation spec.product.pegasus.dataAvro1_6
+  implementation spec.product.pegasus.dataAvro
 
   testImplementation project(':test-models')
   testImplementation project(path: ':test-models', configuration: 'testDataTemplate')
diff --git a/metadata-events/mxe-utils-avro/build.gradle b/metadata-events/mxe-utils-avro/build.gradle
index a7bf287ab224d..3493797ab4f97 100644
--- a/metadata-events/mxe-utils-avro/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-events/mxe-utils-avro/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apply plugin: 'java-library'
 dependencies {
   api project(':metadata-events:mxe-avro')
   api project(':metadata-models')
-  api spec.product.pegasus.dataAvro1_6
+  api spec.product.pegasus.dataAvro
 
   testImplementation externalDependency.testng
   testImplementation project(':test-models')
diff --git a/metadata-io/build.gradle b/metadata-io/build.gradle
index 4b36f533476f7..48f80f06d07c2 100644
--- a/metadata-io/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-io/build.gradle
@@ -22,13 +22,18 @@ dependencies {
   implementation externalDependency.guava
   implementation externalDependency.reflections
   implementation externalDependency.jsonPatch
-  api externalDependency.dgraph4j exclude group: 'com.google.guava', module: 'guava'
+  api(externalDependency.dgraph4j) {
+    exclude group: 'com.google.guava', module: 'guava'
+    exclude group: 'io.grpc', module: 'grpc-protobuf'
+  }
   implementation externalDependency.slf4jApi
   runtimeOnly externalDependency.logbackClassic
   compileOnly externalDependency.lombok
   implementation externalDependency.commonsCollections
   api externalDependency.datastaxOssNativeProtocol
-  api externalDependency.datastaxOssCore
+  api(externalDependency.datastaxOssCore) {
+    exclude group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core'
+  }
   api externalDependency.datastaxOssQueryBuilder
   api externalDependency.elasticSearchRest
   api externalDependency.elasticSearchJava
@@ -101,6 +106,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(externalDependency.snappy) {
       because("previous versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-34453 through CVE-2023-34455")
     }
+    implementation(externalDependency.grpcProtobuf) {
+      because("CVE-2023-1428, CVE-2023-32731")
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle b/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle
index 2e99def17c3c5..86644e3b034da 100644
--- a/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-service/factories/build.gradle
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ dependencies {
 configurations.all{
   exclude group: "commons-io", module:"commons-io"
   exclude group: "jline", module:"jline"
+  exclude group: 'software.amazon.awssdk', module: 'third-party-jackson-core'
 }
diff --git a/metadata-service/restli-api/build.gradle b/metadata-service/restli-api/build.gradle
index f182d11b6baeb..352738d01f8da 100644
--- a/metadata-service/restli-api/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-service/restli-api/build.gradle
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ dependencies {
     restClientCompile(externalDependency.zookeeper) {
       because("CVE-2023-44981")
     }
+    restClientCompile(externalDependency.grpcProtobuf) {
+      because("CVE-2023-1428, CVE-2023-32731")
+    }
   }
 }
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