diff --git a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
index 62ad1b75e9d7..240cb6336f95 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ com.microsoft.azure:azure-client-authentication;1.7.14
 com.microsoft.azure:azure-client-runtime;1.7.14
 com.microsoft.azure:azure-keyvault-cryptography;1.2.2
 com.microsoft.azure:qpid-proton-j-extensions;1.2.6
-com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc;12.10.0.jre8
 com.microsoft.azure:azure-functions-maven-plugin;1.30.0
 com.microsoft.azure.functions:azure-functions-java-library;2.2.0
 com.mysql:mysql-connector-j;9.0.0
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ com.squareup.okio:okio;3.16.0
 com.squareup.okio:okio-jvm;3.16.0
 junit:junit;4.13.2
 commons-cli:commons-cli;1.9.0
-org.assertj:assertj-core;3.22.0
+org.assertj:assertj-core;3.27.7
 org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on;1.81
 org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-lts8on;2.73.8
 org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-alpn-conscrypt-server;9.4.58.v20250814
diff --git a/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/pom.xml b/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/pom.xml
index af605945428c..fa730c2bb292 100644
--- a/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/clientcore/optional-dependency-tests/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/sdk/core/azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 795a33020fd2..683953d7aacc 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml
index 76645b9a56eb..b5511266c137 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-encryption/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-encryption/pom.xml
index c75365403a9b..78c5f85ce2f2 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-encryption/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-encryption/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/pom.xml
index f140a81f8a70..6ec44d995fc8 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark-account-data-resolver-sample/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark-account-data-resolver-sample/pom.xml
index a933df0ea2d7..c35eacd4ade0 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark-account-data-resolver-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark-account-data-resolver-sample/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3/pom.xml
index 22a76ea3a732..a3d72962b91d 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3/pom.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-test/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-test/pom.xml
index c7459975f968..043765633852 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-test/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-test/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/pom.xml
index 1ad4b2dc4fb0..511eafc4e7f2 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/modelsrepository/azure-iot-modelsrepository/pom.xml b/sdk/modelsrepository/azure-iot-modelsrepository/pom.xml
index 7f24d699314b..2e6b0d5aeca9 100644
--- a/sdk/modelsrepository/azure-iot-modelsrepository/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/modelsrepository/azure-iot-modelsrepository/pom.xml
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
       <version>2.18.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 65bfd2cd6552..b3b8347f6a15 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/pom.xml b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/pom.xml
index af885222f2f2..26521e966395 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml b/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml
index 9001dc786fa1..676a6cbd77a8 100644
--- a/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-samples/pom.xml
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@
       <artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
       <version>6.12.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.fabric8:kubernetes-client;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>12.10.0.jre8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc;external_dependency} -->
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -194,7 +189,6 @@
                 <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:[1.7.36]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.slf4j:slf4j-simple;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>com.google.guava:guava:[33.1.0-jre]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.google.guava:guava;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>com.github.docker-java:docker-java:[3.4.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.github.docker-java:docker-java;external_dependency} -->
-                <include>com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc:[12.10.0.jre8]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>commons-net:commons-net:[3.9.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;commons-net:commons-net;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:[4.8.3]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations;external_dependency} -->
               </includes>
diff --git a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-monitor/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-monitor/pom.xml
index 24a075b1d132..1b2a92f2443e 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-monitor/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/spring-cloud-azure-starter-monitor/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.0</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>3.27.7</version>  <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!--To allow Jacoco to work with Spring Boot 3:-->
diff --git a/sdk/tools/azure-openrewrite/pom.xml b/sdk/tools/azure-openrewrite/pom.xml
index 7bcffb889cae..e1ee982133ca 100644
--- a/sdk/tools/azure-openrewrite/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/tools/azure-openrewrite/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
           <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-          <version>3.22.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
+          <version>3.27.7</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.assertj:assertj-core;external_dependency} -->
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>