diff --git a/boms/test-utils/pom.xml b/boms/test-utils/pom.xml
index 98440a61d..29554a17b 100644
--- a/boms/test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.15.0</version>
+                <version>3.16.0</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37bad716c..c1b669032 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
         <grpc.version>1.81.0</grpc.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.15.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.2</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
-        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle.failOnViolation>false</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
         <checkstyle.version>9.3</checkstyle.version>
         <gmavenplus-plugin.version>5.1.0</gmavenplus-plugin.version>
diff --git a/reference/rest/pom.xml b/reference/rest/pom.xml
index 62e5695a2..31a35cd30 100644
--- a/reference/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/reference/rest/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.6</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</java.util.logging.manager>