diff --git a/java/datatypes/pom.xml b/java/datatypes/pom.xml
index 967262d0e01..6579c707351 100644
--- a/java/datatypes/pom.xml
+++ b/java/datatypes/pom.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,8 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                </configuration>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 23a7aafe1db..e8fd88db441 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
         <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <com.google.cloud.version>1.111.1</com.google.cloud.version>
         <io.prometheus.version>0.8.0</io.prometheus.version>
-        <byte-buddy.version>1.9.10</byte-buddy.version>
+        <byte-buddy.version>1.14.11</byte-buddy.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-        <mockito.version>2.28.2</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.8.0</mockito.version>
         <!-- OpenCensus is used in grpc and Google's HTTP client libs in Cloud SDKs -->
         <opencensus.version>0.26.0</opencensus.version>
         <!-- Force log4j2 to 2.11+ to support objectMessageAsJsonObject -->
@@ -439,18 +439,15 @@
                     </additionalClasspathElements>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <!-- nexus-staging-maven-plugin configures Maven to deploy to OSSRH Nexus Repository Manager -->
+            <!-- central-publishing-maven-plugin configures Maven to deploy to Sonatype Central Portal -->
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.8</version>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.6.0</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
-                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                    <!-- autoReleaseAfterClose is true as the release should be automated via continuous integration -->
-                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+                    <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                    <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <!--
diff --git a/java/serving-client/pom.xml b/java/serving-client/pom.xml
index dc611b4a76e..00d14908773 100644
--- a/java/serving-client/pom.xml
+++ b/java/serving-client/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- TODO: Standardize other modules on JUnit 5 and move this to parent -->
     <junit.version>5.5.2</junit.version>
-    <mockito.version>2.28.2</mockito.version>
+    <mockito.version>5.8.0</mockito.version>
     <opentracing.version>0.33.0</opentracing.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@
         <version>${mockito.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-        <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
-        <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -148,11 +142,8 @@
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-        </configuration>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/java/serving/pom.xml b/java/serving/pom.xml
index 8a70d133c76..18183ab7c3a 100644
--- a/java/serving/pom.xml
+++ b/java/serving/pom.xml
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+            <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+              <skipPublishing>true</skipPublishing>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>