diff --git a/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml b/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml
index 679af406..3b6b7e13 100644
--- a/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-api-1.0-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency> <!-- needed for remote_api for opencensus. -->
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.76.0</version>
+      <version>1.77.0</version>
        <optional>true</optional>
    </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
index d820dab3..45496ce7 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
+        <version>2.8.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <projectId>srirammahavadi-dev</projectId>
           <version>GCLOUD_CONFIG</version>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
index 4595798f..882a6891 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.8.4</version>
+				<version>2.8.6</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<projectId>srirammahavadi-dev</projectId>
 					<version>GCLOUD_CONFIG</version>
diff --git a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
index 7fbb0527..c1429e55 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>guestbook</version>
diff --git a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
index fa60d464..46d07163 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>guestbook-ee10</version>
diff --git a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
index 638f15df..b08d8288 100644
--- a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-            <version>6.102.1</version>
+            <version>6.103.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-            <version>2.55.3</version>
+            <version>2.56.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>liveruntimejava8maven</version>
diff --git a/applications/springboot/pom.xml b/applications/springboot/pom.xml
index fb82e03c..9979d9d4 100644
--- a/applications/springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/springboot/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
index f1f54a92..6753ab26 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
index 42feec7a..e75390a3 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
index 38cc6dff..b0fa318b 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
index 585294c5..72bf3c92 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
+        <version>2.8.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
index 9d42a2c0..850e1506 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
+        <version>2.8.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
index e4759b9a..b3ee81a8 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
+        <version>2.8.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
index 69f13bc1..df6dea65 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
+        <version>2.8.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
index 5dc342cf..3035416e 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
+        <version>2.8.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
index f0e94960..9e8267b2 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
index 49ce0b71..a3ea2116 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
index 5fd25783..3061931d 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
index 5dd5c91c..b0f78bac 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
index 6576b51a..71b19e89 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
index d11a106c..0beda2e5 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
index 34a1f35b..f9e1e706 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
index 3bcea72d..bfa7dd3c 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml
index 963f1f63..98b1739c 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
index 336c0b91..89fa119b 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml
index 130e6a29..a00f40e4 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml
index 830c1bfa..cf1f7dad 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml
index 63c6f1be..7a0e6c48 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml
index 489f4c52..c16d1233 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml
index 98be0042..cea86be8 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml
index 72e95a44..f489ceab 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml
index cf624022..e4106159 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml
index 5ed359c1..0fd51b9f 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml
index f99dbad2..871d8198 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml
index bbcdb2ae..b816af71 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml
index 74740822..140201dc 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml
index 43de6d19..5395e48f 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml
index 88a0d92d..afcda9d4 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml
index b4e53acf..d5e9e7ba 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml
index 508770dd..c2bd3b28 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml
index ceb17faa..fc6ba169 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml
index 2403a3f0..437ac69e 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml
index 1edef374..ecea87c9 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml
index aff106bf..2238963e 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml
index 120abf8e..03159742 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml
index 80ae8a36..7382480a 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml
index c58d5da5..3a2b6001 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml
index a7d26fd7..0c282234 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd28fcdb..8463e17c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version>
+        <version>3.20.0</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml b/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml
index 9ca103d8..2550f54f 100644
--- a/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>failinitfilter</version>
diff --git a/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml b/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml
index 47c107af..cb8f9dee 100644
--- a/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.4</version>
+                <version>2.8.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>failinitfilter</version>
diff --git a/runtime/lite/pom.xml b/runtime/lite/pom.xml
index af6d32b4..4eaabf7a 100644
--- a/runtime/lite/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/lite/pom.xml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty12/pom.xml b/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty12/pom.xml
index d6e75659..d7f335a6 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty12/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty12/pom.xml
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.4.2</version>
+              <version>3.5.0</version>
               <executions>
                 <execution>
                   <goals>
diff --git a/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty121/pom.xml b/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty121/pom.xml
index 27415459..eacf48a2 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty121/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty121/pom.xml
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.4.2</version>
+              <version>3.5.0</version>
               <executions>
                 <execution>
                   <goals>
diff --git a/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty9/pom.xml b/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty9/pom.xml
index 07a7eb48..74f5f8d2 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty9/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/runtime_impl_jetty9/pom.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.4.2</version>
+              <version>3.5.0</version>
               <executions>
                 <execution>
                   <goals>