diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48ca64c..874886f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,37 @@
         <maven-surefire.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <dependencies>
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>5.10.2</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <!-- Must manage Jackson dependencies to avoid conflicts with Scala -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>2.17.0</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <!-- Must manage dependency since kafka-clients currently depends on slf4j 1.x -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0.12</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
 
+    <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
@@ -49,18 +78,9 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Required by Apache version of kafka-clients -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.36</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -88,10 +108,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.10.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>