diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
index b8e1dafadd5..8618d6d0a15 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>4.0.5</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>4.1.0-RC1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>5.0.1</cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>
         <cxf.jetty12.version>12.1.8</cxf.jetty12.version>
         <cxf.netty.version>4.2.12.Final</cxf.netty.version>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 961b64b4ea9..b402bac539c 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@
         <cxf.logback.classic.version>1.5.32</cxf.logback.classic.version>
         <cxf.lucene.version>10.4.0</cxf.lucene.version>
         <cxf.maven.core.version>3.9.15</cxf.maven.core.version>
-        <cxf.micrometer.version>1.16.5</cxf.micrometer.version>
-        <cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>1.6.5</cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>
+        <cxf.micrometer.version>1.17.0-RC1</cxf.micrometer.version>
+        <cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>1.7.0-RC1</cxf.micrometer-tracing.version>
         <cxf.microprofile.config.version>3.1</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>
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@
         <cxf.slf4j.version>2.0.17</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>4.0.5</cxf.spring.boot.version>
-        <cxf.spring.ldap.version>4.0.3</cxf.spring.ldap.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>4.1.0-RC1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.ldap.version>4.1.0-RC1</cxf.spring.ldap.version>
         <cxf.spring.mock>spring-test</cxf.spring.mock>
-        <cxf.spring.security.version>7.0.5</cxf.spring.security.version>
+        <cxf.spring.security.version>7.1.0-RC1</cxf.spring.security.version>
         <cxf.spring.version>7.0.7</cxf.spring.version>
         <cxf.stax-ex.version>1.8.3</cxf.stax-ex.version>
         <cxf.swagger.ui.version>5.32.4</cxf.swagger.ui.version>