diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da62f471..e1aea143 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}</main.basedir>
-		<jackson.version>2.17.1</jackson.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
 		<spring-cloud-commons.version>4.1.5-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-commons.version>
 
 		<!-- Plugin versions -->
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml
index 0081de40..44ad53be 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-			<version>3.25.3</version>
+			<version>3.25.4</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index 9a76cb58..fc7ddc43 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 			"name": "spring.cloud.openfeign.circuitbreaker.alphanumeric-ids.enabled",
 			"type": "java.lang.Boolean",
 			"description": "If true, Circuit Breaker ids will only contain alphanumeric characters to allow for configuration via configuration properties.",
-			"defaultValue": "false"
+			"defaultValue": "true"
 		},
 		{
 			"name": "spring.cloud.openfeign.httpclient.hc5.enabled",