diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
index a0b4c789..b0c7f735 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <stream-apps-core.version>${revision}</stream-apps-core.version>
         <java-functions.version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</java-functions.version>
         <apps.base-image>springcloud/baseimage:1.0.1</apps.base-image>
-        <mockserver.version>5.13.2</mockserver.version>
         <spring-cloud-stream-dependencies.version>3.2.3</spring-cloud-stream-dependencies.version>
         <spring-cloud-stream.version>3.2.3</spring-cloud-stream.version>
         <spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-generator-plugin.version>1.0.7-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-generator-plugin.version>
diff --git a/functions/function/twitter-function/pom.xml b/functions/function/twitter-function/pom.xml
index 04934f77..f22678bf 100644
--- a/functions/function/twitter-function/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/function/twitter-function/pom.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockserver-netty</artifactId>
-			<version>5.10</version>
+			<version>${mockserver.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockserver-client-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.10</version>
+			<version>${mockserver.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
index cb496fc4..076689c8 100644
--- a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
+++ b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<nohttp-checkstyle.version>0.0.2.RELEASE</nohttp-checkstyle.version>
 		<disable.nohttp.checks>true</disable.nohttp.checks>
 		<spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>0.0.7</spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>
-		<spring-boot.version>2.6.7</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>2.6.8</spring-boot.version>
 		<spring-kafka.version>2.8.6</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-rabbit.version>2.4.5</spring-rabbit.version>
 		<spring-cloud-function.version>3.2.3</spring-cloud-function.version>
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 		<test-containers.version>1.16.3</test-containers.version>
 		<maven-flatten-plugin.version>1.2.5</maven-flatten-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<mockserver.version>5.13.2</mockserver.version>
 	</properties>
 	<url>https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-stream-applications</url>
 	<developers>