diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5a05e8ce..11156ae3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
 	id 'base'
 	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.4'
+	id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.4'
+	id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.9.4' apply false
 }
 
 description = 'Spring Functions Catlog'
@@ -46,9 +48,10 @@ allprojects {
 		}
 
 		imports {
+			mavenBom "io.debezium:debezium-bom:$debeziumVersion"
+			mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:$springCloudAwsVersion"
 			mavenBom "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:$springBootVersion"
 			mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:$springCloudVersion"
-			mavenBom "io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-dependencies:$springCloudAwsVersion"
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -115,6 +118,10 @@ configure(javaProjects) { subproject ->
 		api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-integration'
 		api 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path'
 
+		def spotbugsAnnotations = "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:${spotbugs.toolVersion.get()}"
+		compileOnly spotbugsAnnotations
+		testCompileOnly spotbugsAnnotations
+
 		testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 		testImplementation 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-test'
 		testImplementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-test'
diff --git a/common/aws-s3-common/build.gradle b/common/aws-s3-common/build.gradle
index 2713545c..0b45c720 100644
--- a/common/aws-s3-common/build.gradle
+++ b/common/aws-s3-common/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies {
-    api "org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-aws:$springIntegrationAwsVersion"
+    api springIntegrationAws
     api 'io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-starter-s3'
     api 'software.amazon.awssdk:aws-crt-client'
     api 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-file'
diff --git a/common/debezium-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/common/debezium-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index f51f707a..efe26a5d 100644
--- a/common/debezium-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/common/debezium-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-ext {
-    apicurioVersion = '2.5.1.Final'
-}
-
 repositories {
     maven { url 'https://maven.scijava.org/content/repositories/public/' }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     api 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-debezium'
-    api "io.apicurio:apicurio-registry-utils-converter:$apicurioVersion"
-    api "io.apicurio:apicurio-registry-client:$apicurioVersion"
+    api 'io.apicurio:apicurio-registry-utils-converter'
+    api 'io.apicurio:apicurio-registry-client'
 
-    testImplementation "io.debezium:debezium-connector-mysql:$debeziumVersion"
+    testImplementation 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-mysql'
     testImplementation 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
     testImplementation 'com.zaxxer:HikariCP'
 }
diff --git a/common/function-test-support/build.gradle b/common/function-test-support/build.gradle
index ddd84b85..ad06abb3 100644
--- a/common/function-test-support/build.gradle
+++ b/common/function-test-support/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dependencies {
     api 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api'
     api 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter'
 
-    optionalApi "org.apache.ftpserver:ftpserver-core:$ftpServerVersion"
+    optionalApi ftpserverCore
     optionalApi 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-sftp'
     optionalApi 'org.springframework:spring-websocket'
 }
diff --git a/common/metadata-store-common/build.gradle b/common/metadata-store-common/build.gradle
index 8a31b083..56329a5b 100644
--- a/common/metadata-store-common/build.gradle
+++ b/common/metadata-store-common/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     optionalApi 'io.awspring.cloud:spring-cloud-aws-starter'
     optionalApi 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-zookeeper'
     optionalApi 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-hazelcast'
-    optionalApi "org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-aws:$springIntegrationAwsVersion"
+    optionalApi springIntegrationAws
     api 'software.amazon.awssdk:dynamodb'
 
     testImplementation 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
diff --git a/common/twitter-common/build.gradle b/common/twitter-common/build.gradle
index a3bea0aa..9f7d5424 100644
--- a/common/twitter-common/build.gradle
+++ b/common/twitter-common/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    api 'org.twitter4j:twitter4j-stream:4.0.7'
+    api twitter4jStream
     api 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-ip'
 }
diff --git a/consumer/cassandra-consumer/build.gradle b/consumer/cassandra-consumer/build.gradle
index ae50f32c..4458e1bd 100644
--- a/consumer/cassandra-consumer/build.gradle
+++ b/consumer/cassandra-consumer/build.gradle
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ dependencies {
     api 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-cassandra'
     api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra-reactive'
 
-    testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:cassandra'
+    testImplementation ('org.testcontainers:cassandra') {
+        exclude group: 'com.datastax.cassandra'
+    }
 }
diff --git a/consumer/ftp-consumer/build.gradle b/consumer/ftp-consumer/build.gradle
index 35fd8915..fbfc323d 100644
--- a/consumer/ftp-consumer/build.gradle
+++ b/consumer/ftp-consumer/build.gradle
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':ftp-common')
 
     testImplementation project(':function-test-support')
-    testImplementation "org.apache.ftpserver:ftpserver-core:$ftpServerVersion"
+    testImplementation ftpserverCore
 }
diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 110ec20b..652e83f4 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ ext {
     springBootVersion = '3.2.1'
     springCloudVersion = '2023.0.0'
     springCloudAwsVersion = '3.0.4'
-    springIntegrationAwsVersion = '3.0.4'
 
     debeziumVersion = '2.4.1.Final'
-    ftpServerVersion = '1.2.0'
-    mockserverVersion = '5.13.2'
+    protobufVersion='3.25.1'
+
+    springIntegrationAws = 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-aws:3.0.4'
+    ftpserverCore = 'org.apache.ftpserver:ftpserver-core:1.2.0'
+    mockserverNetty = 'org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:5.15.0'
+    twitter4jStream = 'org.twitter4j:twitter4j-stream:4.0.7'
+    greenmail = 'com.icegreen:greenmail:2.1.0-alpha-3'
+    protobufJava = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:$protobufVersion"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/function/object-detection-function/build.gradle b/function/object-detection-function/build.gradle
index f83a59c8..59ab3a93 100644
--- a/function/object-detection-function/build.gradle
+++ b/function/object-detection-function/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-plugins {
-    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.9.4'
-}
-
-ext {
-    protobufVersion='3.25.1'
-}
+apply plugin: 'com.google.protobuf'
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':tensorflow-common')
-    api "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:$protobufVersion"
+    api protobufJava
 }
 
 protobuf {
diff --git a/function/twitter-function/build.gradle b/function/twitter-function/build.gradle
index 92b49943..d1c92347 100644
--- a/function/twitter-function/build.gradle
+++ b/function/twitter-function/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':twitter-common')
 
-    testImplementation "org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:$mockserverVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:$mockserverVersion"
+    testImplementation mockserverNetty
 }
diff --git a/supplier/debezium-supplier/build.gradle b/supplier/debezium-supplier/build.gradle
index f197e5b2..536cfe28 100644
--- a/supplier/debezium-supplier/build.gradle
+++ b/supplier/debezium-supplier/build.gradle
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':debezium-autoconfigure')
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-mysql:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-mongodb:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-postgres:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-oracle:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-sqlserver:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-db2:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-vitess:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-spanner:$debeziumVersion"
-    api "io.debezium:debezium-connector-spanner:$debeziumVersion"
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-mysql'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-mongodb'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-postgres'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-oracle'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-sqlserver'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-db2'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-vitess'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-spanner'
+    api 'io.debezium:debezium-connector-spanner'
 
     testImplementation 'com.zaxxer:HikariCP'
     testImplementation 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
diff --git a/supplier/ftp-supplier/build.gradle b/supplier/ftp-supplier/build.gradle
index 3d6f082f..d280a87e 100644
--- a/supplier/ftp-supplier/build.gradle
+++ b/supplier/ftp-supplier/build.gradle
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':metadata-store-common')
 
     testImplementation project(':function-test-support')
-    testImplementation "org.apache.ftpserver:ftpserver-core:$ftpServerVersion"
+    testImplementation ftpserverCore
 }
diff --git a/supplier/mail-supplier/build.gradle b/supplier/mail-supplier/build.gradle
index 3086c68b..7982ab00 100644
--- a/supplier/mail-supplier/build.gradle
+++ b/supplier/mail-supplier/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
     api 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-mail'
     api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-mail'
-    api 'org.eclipse.angus:jakarta.mail:2.0.2'
 
-    testImplementation 'com.icegreen:greenmail:2.1.0-alpha-3'
+    testImplementation greenmail
 }
diff --git a/supplier/time-supplier/build.gradle b/supplier/time-supplier/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index b80a5be0..00000000
--- a/supplier/time-supplier/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-dependencies {
-    api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3'
-}
diff --git a/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/fn/supplier/time/TimeSupplierConfiguration.java b/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/fn/supplier/time/TimeSupplierConfiguration.java
index b58b8f1b..08de4b24 100644
--- a/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/fn/supplier/time/TimeSupplierConfiguration.java
+++ b/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/fn/supplier/time/TimeSupplierConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2020-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2020-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,26 +16,26 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.fn.supplier.time;
 
-import java.util.Date;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.FastDateFormat;
-
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 /**
  * @author Soby Chacko
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  */
-@Configuration
+@AutoConfiguration
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(TimeSupplierProperties.class)
 public class TimeSupplierConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
 	public Supplier<String> timeSupplier(TimeSupplierProperties timeSupplierProperties) {
-		FastDateFormat fastDateFormat = FastDateFormat.getInstance(timeSupplierProperties.getDateFormat());
-		return () -> fastDateFormat.format(new Date());
+		DateTimeFormatter fastDateFormat = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(timeSupplierProperties.getDateFormat());
+		return () -> fastDateFormat.format(LocalDateTime.now());
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..137c1e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supplier/time-supplier/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.springframework.cloud.fn.supplier.time.TimeSupplierConfiguration
diff --git a/supplier/twitter-supplier/build.gradle b/supplier/twitter-supplier/build.gradle
index b26aa6dd..71d4b647 100644
--- a/supplier/twitter-supplier/build.gradle
+++ b/supplier/twitter-supplier/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ dependencies {
     api 'org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-jms'
     api 'jakarta.jms:jakarta.jms-api'
 
-    testImplementation "org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:$mockserverVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:$mockserverVersion"
+    testImplementation mockserverNetty
 }