diff --git a/applications/sink/elasticsearch-sink/pom.xml b/applications/sink/elasticsearch-sink/pom.xml
index 47d680d0..1cd376ba 100644
--- a/applications/sink/elasticsearch-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/sink/elasticsearch-sink/pom.xml
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/applications/sink/mqtt-sink/pom.xml b/applications/sink/mqtt-sink/pom.xml
index e055bf2d..4ce107a9 100644
--- a/applications/sink/mqtt-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/sink/mqtt-sink/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/applications/sink/rabbit-sink/pom.xml b/applications/sink/rabbit-sink/pom.xml
index bbd3c375..9a7230c4 100644
--- a/applications/sink/rabbit-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/sink/rabbit-sink/pom.xml
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>rabbitmq</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/applications/sink/redis-sink/pom.xml b/applications/sink/redis-sink/pom.xml
index f1249555..d8edea4c 100644
--- a/applications/sink/redis-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/sink/redis-sink/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/applications/source/debezium-source/pom.xml b/applications/source/debezium-source/pom.xml
index 8bc7ee00..c58ca640 100644
--- a/applications/source/debezium-source/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/source/debezium-source/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -77,12 +78,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mssqlserver</artifactId>
-			<version>1.18.2</version>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
  	</dependencies>
diff --git a/applications/source/mqtt-source/pom.xml b/applications/source/mqtt-source/pom.xml
index 03066664..6d3bde51 100644
--- a/applications/source/mqtt-source/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/source/mqtt-source/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/applications/source/rabbit-source/pom.xml b/applications/source/rabbit-source/pom.xml
index 0195ac42..1af7cf02 100644
--- a/applications/source/rabbit-source/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/source/rabbit-source/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>rabbitmq</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml
index 52c59f93..96809965 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/stream-applications-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -52,16 +52,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rabbitmq</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-integration-tests/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-integration-tests/pom.xml
index e38e7398..aea9de9e 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -31,30 +31,36 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rabbitmq</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 				<artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+				<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
diff --git a/build-folder.sh b/build-folder.sh
index 281c827e..2a229938 100755
--- a/build-folder.sh
+++ b/build-folder.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fi
 
 case $MAVEN_THREADS in
 "true")
-  MVN_THR="-T 0.75C"
+  MVN_THR="-T 0.5C"
   ;;
 "false")
   MVN_THR=
diff --git a/functions/common/function-test-support/pom.xml b/functions/common/function-test-support/pom.xml
index e5f67fe9..12a7daa4 100644
--- a/functions/common/function-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/common/function-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
diff --git a/functions/common/mongodb-common/pom.xml b/functions/common/mongodb-common/pom.xml
index 1eaeb2c3..3b62ba45 100644
--- a/functions/common/mongodb-common/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/common/mongodb-common/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/functions/common/redis-common/pom.xml b/functions/common/redis-common/pom.xml
index 1a55aaa2..c8c7d2b0 100644
--- a/functions/common/redis-common/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/common/redis-common/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/functions/consumer/cassandra-consumer/pom.xml b/functions/consumer/cassandra-consumer/pom.xml
index 9e7de98e..f906614f 100644
--- a/functions/consumer/cassandra-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/consumer/cassandra-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cassandra</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/functions/consumer/elasticsearch-consumer/pom.xml b/functions/consumer/elasticsearch-consumer/pom.xml
index fb00f8af..17042c12 100644
--- a/functions/consumer/elasticsearch-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/consumer/elasticsearch-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/functions/consumer/mongodb-consumer/pom.xml b/functions/consumer/mongodb-consumer/pom.xml
index fd3d274d..1a5ffba9 100644
--- a/functions/consumer/mongodb-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/consumer/mongodb-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/functions/consumer/redis-consumer/pom.xml b/functions/consumer/redis-consumer/pom.xml
index f2c72921..c47d4e9c 100644
--- a/functions/consumer/redis-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/consumer/redis-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/functions/function/aggregator-function/pom.xml b/functions/function/aggregator-function/pom.xml
index 57a24503..6a8d350f 100644
--- a/functions/function/aggregator-function/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/function/aggregator-function/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/functions/spring-functions-parent/pom.xml b/functions/spring-functions-parent/pom.xml
index 0a7bdb11..e5d60894 100644
--- a/functions/spring-functions-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/spring-functions-parent/pom.xml
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+			<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/functions/supplier/mongodb-supplier/pom.xml b/functions/supplier/mongodb-supplier/pom.xml
index 465671b9..0b37beca 100644
--- a/functions/supplier/mongodb-supplier/pom.xml
+++ b/functions/supplier/mongodb-supplier/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
index a1ef8a04..6516d32b 100644
--- a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
+++ b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@
         <nohttp-checkstyle.version>0.0.10</nohttp-checkstyle.version>
         <disable.nohttp.checks>true</disable.nohttp.checks>
         <spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>0.0.35</spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>3.0.7</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.1.0</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-kafka.version>3.0.7</spring-kafka.version>
         <spring-rabbit.version>3.0.4</spring-rabbit.version>
         <spring.version>6.0.9</spring.version>
         <spring-integration.version>6.0.5</spring-integration.version>
 
-        <spring-cloud.version>2022.0.2</spring-cloud.version>
-        <spring-cloud-starters.version>4.0.2</spring-cloud-starters.version>
-        <spring-cloud-function.version>4.0.2</spring-cloud-function.version>
-        <spring-cloud-stream-dependencies.version>4.0.2</spring-cloud-stream-dependencies.version>
-        <test-containers.version>1.17.6</test-containers.version>
+        <spring-cloud.version>2022.0.3</spring-cloud.version>
+        <spring-cloud-starters.version>4.0.3</spring-cloud-starters.version>
+        <spring-cloud-function.version>4.0.3</spring-cloud-function.version>
+        <spring-cloud-stream-dependencies.version>4.0.3</spring-cloud-stream-dependencies.version>
+        <testcontainers.version>1.18.3</testcontainers.version>
         <mockserver.version>5.13.2</mockserver.version>
 
         <groovy.version>4.0.5</groovy.version>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
                 <artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${test-containers.version}</version>
+                <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>