diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 423c4d4b612..85eb011679f 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ tasks.japicmp {
 
 configurations.all {
     resolutionStrategy {
-        // use lower Jackson version
-        force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.8'
-        force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.8.8'
+        force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.4'
+        force 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.18.4'
     }
 }
 
@@ -88,8 +87,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     shaded 'org.awaitility:awaitility:4.2.0'
 
-    api platform('com.github.docker-java:docker-java-bom:3.4.2')
-    shaded platform('com.github.docker-java:docker-java-bom:3.4.2')
+    api platform('com.github.docker-java:docker-java-bom:3.5.3')
+    shaded platform('com.github.docker-java:docker-java-bom:3.5.3')
 
     api "com.github.docker-java:docker-java-api"
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ dependencies {
     api 'com.github.docker-java:docker-java-transport-zerodep'
 
     shaded 'com.google.guava:guava:33.3.1-jre'
-    shaded "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.33"
+    shaded "org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.4"
 
     shaded 'org.glassfish.main.external:trilead-ssh2-repackaged:4.1.2'
 
diff --git a/modules/k3s/build.gradle b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
index e1454505c7e..68f63b67b56 100644
--- a/modules/k3s/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/k3s/build.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ description = "Testcontainers :: K3S"
 
 dependencies {
     api project(":testcontainers")
-
-    // https://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo
-    // The core module depends on jackson-databind 2.8.x for backward compatibility.
-    // Any >2.8 version here is not compatible with jackson-databind 2.8.x.
-    shaded 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.8.8'
+    shaded 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.18.4'
 
     testImplementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:6.13.1'
     testImplementation 'io.kubernetes:client-java:21.0.1-legacy'