diff --git a/dapr-spring/pom.xml b/dapr-spring/pom.xml
index d434f8c03..740f7cdd1 100644
--- a/dapr-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/dapr-spring/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <testcontainers.version>1.19.8</testcontainers.version>
     <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
+    <logback-core.version>1.4.14</logback-core.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
         <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+        <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${logback-core.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index ea765f0c0..1732769b8 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     <spotbugs.fail>false</spotbugs.fail>
     <opentelemetry.version>0.14.0</opentelemetry.version>
+    <opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version>
+    <zipkin.version>2.16.3</zipkin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -82,6 +84,16 @@
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin</artifactId>
       <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
+      <version>${opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId>
+      <version>${zipkin.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d240cfb63..c0c67a89d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@
     <springboot.version>3.4.3</springboot.version>
     <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
     <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.69.0</grpc.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
+    <opentelemetry.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry.version>
+    <logback-core.version>1.5.16</logback-core.version>
+    <wiremock.version>3.9.1</wiremock.version>
+    <jakarta.annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation.version>
+    <javax.annotation.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation.version>
+    <commons-lang.version>3.9</commons-lang.version>
+    <commons-cli.version>1.9.0</commons-cli.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.14.0</commons-io.version>
+    <zipkin.version>3.4.0</zipkin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -230,6 +241,134 @@
         <artifactId>spring-boot-testcontainers</artifactId>
         <version>${springboot.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+        <artifactId>toxiproxy</artifactId>
+        <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+        <artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
+        <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${jakarta.annotation.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${javax.annotation.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+        <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${logback-core.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons-cli.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+        <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+        <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-context</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-common</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-trace</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-common</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-logging</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin</artifactId>
+        <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.zipkin.reporter2/zipkin-reporter -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId>
+        <version>${zipkin.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zipkin-sender-urlconnection</artifactId>
+        <version>${zipkin.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dapr-sdk-actors</artifactId>
+        <version>${dapr.sdk.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dapr-sdk-springboot</artifactId>
+        <version>${dapr.sdk.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dapr-sdk-workflows</artifactId>
+        <version>${dapr.sdk.alpha.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wiremock-standalone</artifactId>
+        <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/sdk-tests/pom.xml b/sdk-tests/pom.xml
index 3af0bdffb..316a8b2a5 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-tests/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@
     <dapr.sdk.alpha.version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</dapr.sdk.alpha.version>
     <protobuf.output.directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</protobuf.output.directory>
     <protobuf.input.directory>${project.basedir}/proto</protobuf.input.directory>
-    <grpc.version>1.69.0</grpc.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
-    <opentelemetry.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry.version>
-    <springboot.version>3.4.3</springboot.version>
-    <logback-core.version>1.5.16</logback-core.version>
-    <wiremock.version>3.9.1</wiremock.version>
-    <testcontainers-test.version>1.20.0</testcontainers-test.version>
 
     <!-- The JaCoCo plugin was expecting coverage for this module, but since it's a test module
     and code coverage typically doesn't apply to tests, the coverage is set to 0. -->
@@ -67,117 +60,95 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>${grpc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
-      <version>${grpc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${grpc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-context</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-trace</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-metrics</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin</artifactId>
-      <version>${opentelemetry.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.zipkin.reporter2/zipkin-reporter -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
       <artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
       <artifactId>zipkin-sender-urlconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
       <artifactId>dapr-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>${dapr.sdk.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
       <artifactId>dapr-sdk-actors</artifactId>
-      <version>${dapr.sdk.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
       <artifactId>dapr-sdk-springboot</artifactId>
-      <version>${dapr.sdk.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dapr</groupId>
       <artifactId>dapr-sdk-workflows</artifactId>
-      <version>${dapr.sdk.alpha.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dapr.spring</groupId>
       <artifactId>dapr-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-      <version>${dapr.sdk.alpha.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dapr.spring</groupId>
       <artifactId>dapr-spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${dapr.sdk.alpha.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -191,7 +162,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
       <artifactId>wiremock-standalone</artifactId>
-      <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -207,37 +177,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${logback-core.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>${testcontainers-test.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
-      <version>${testcontainers-test.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -258,7 +222,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>toxiproxy</artifactId>
-      <version>${testcontainers-test.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>