diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
index 623a75899b2..9be2e6e1b73 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <!-- don't deploy the samples, kind of pointless -->
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cxf.spring.boot.version>4.1.1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>4.2.0-M1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>5.0.2</cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>
         <cxf.jetty12.version>12.1.12</cxf.jetty12.version>
         <cxf.netty.version>4.2.17.Final</cxf.netty.version>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 0ba972efefa..a06e8acfa8f 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@
         <cxf.logback.classic.version>1.6.1</cxf.logback.classic.version>
         <cxf.lucene.version>10.5.0</cxf.lucene.version>
         <cxf.maven.core.version>3.9.16</cxf.maven.core.version>
-        <cxf.micrometer.version>1.17.1</cxf.micrometer.version>
-        <cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>1.7.1</cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>
+        <cxf.micrometer.version>1.18.0-M1</cxf.micrometer.version>
+        <cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>1.8.0-M1</cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>
         <cxf.microprofile.config.version>3.1.1</cxf.microprofile.config.version>
         <cxf.microprofile.rest.client.version>4.0</cxf.microprofile.rest.client.version>
         <cxf.microprofile.openapi.version>4.1.1</cxf.microprofile.openapi.version>
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@
         <cxf.slf4j.version>2.0.18</cxf.slf4j.version>
         <cxf.snakeyaml.version>2.6</cxf.snakeyaml.version>
         <cxf.specs.jaxws.api.version>2.3_2</cxf.specs.jaxws.api.version>
-        <cxf.spring.boot.version>4.1.1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>4.2.0-M1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.ldap.version>4.1.1</cxf.spring.ldap.version>
         <cxf.spring.mock>spring-test</cxf.spring.mock>
-        <cxf.spring.security.version>7.1.1</cxf.spring.security.version>
-        <cxf.spring.version>7.0.9</cxf.spring.version>
+        <cxf.spring.security.version>7.2.0-M1</cxf.spring.security.version>
+        <cxf.spring.version>7.1.0-M1</cxf.spring.version>
         <cxf.stax-ex.version>1.8.3</cxf.stax-ex.version>
         <cxf.swagger.ui.version>5.32.11</cxf.swagger.ui.version>
         <cxf.swagger.v3.version>2.2.53</cxf.swagger.v3.version>