diff --git a/.github/settings.yml b/.github/settings.yml
index 655bc544..b1bd2034 100644
--- a/.github/settings.yml
+++ b/.github/settings.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repository:
   homepage: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/fabric
   default_branch: main
   has_downloads: true
-  has_issues: false
+  has_issues: true
   has_projects: false
   has_wiki: false
   archived: false
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9cd46176..dd991282 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@
         <url>http://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-sdk-java</url>
     </scm>
     <properties>
-        <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.24.4</protobuf.version> <!-- Must match version used by grpc-protobuf -->
+        <grpc.version>1.61.1</grpc.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version> <!-- Must match version used by grpc-protobuf -->
         <bouncycastle.version>1.77</bouncycastle.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
         <javadoc.version>3.6.3</javadoc.version>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.21.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <org.hyperledger.fabric.sdktest.ITSuite>IntegrationSuite.java</org.hyperledger.fabric.sdktest.ITSuite>
         <gpg.executable>gpg</gpg.executable>
         <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
                 <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>1.32.0</version>
+                <version>1.35.0</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>1.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.15.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
             <artifactId>api-common</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.0</version>
+            <version>2.26.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-grpc-1.6</artifactId>
-            <version>1.32.0-alpha</version>
+            <version>1.32.1-alpha</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.proto</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0-alpha</version>
+            <version>1.1.0-alpha</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>