diff --git a/modules/examples/pom.xml b/modules/examples/pom.xml
index aaf06c3..ab45e1a 100644
--- a/modules/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/examples/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Exclude examples module from Maven Central deployment -->
+        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3990d1..764c11f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
         <git-repository-name>continuous-delivery-java-sdk</git-repository-name>
 
         <testng-version>7.12.0</testng-version>
-        <okhttp3-version>5.3.2</okhttp3-version>
+        <okhttp3-version>5.4.0</okhttp3-version>
         <surefire-version>3.5.6</surefire-version>
-        <jacoco-plugin-version>0.8.14</jacoco-plugin-version>
+        <jacoco-plugin-version>0.8.15</jacoco-plugin-version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin-version>3.1.4</maven-deploy-plugin-version>
-        <central-publish-plugin-version>0.10.0</central-publish-plugin-version>
+        <central-publish-plugin-version>0.11.0</central-publish-plugin-version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin-version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin-version>
         <maven-source-plugin-version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin-version>
         <maven-shade-plugin-version>3.6.2</maven-shade-plugin-version>