diff --git a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
index d64d770..ec1d480 100644
--- a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 org = "ballerinax"
 name = "confluent.cavroserdes"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 authors = ["Ballerina"]
 export=["confluent.cavroserdes"]
 keywords = ["confluent", "schema_registry", "avro", "serdes"]
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ graalvmCompatible = true
 [[platform.java21.dependency]]
 groupId = "io.ballerina.lib"
 artifactId = "confluent.cavroserdes-native"
-version = "1.0.1"
-path = "../native/build/libs/confluent.cavroserdes-native-1.0.1.jar"
+version = "1.0.2"
+path = "../native/build/libs/confluent.cavroserdes-native-1.0.2.jar"
diff --git a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
index ecf005d..2370de5 100644
--- a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ modules = [
 [[package]]
 org = "ballerinax"
 name = "confluent.cavroserdes"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 dependencies = [
 	{org = "ballerina", name = "avro"},
 	{org = "ballerina", name = "http"},
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ modules = [
 [[package]]
 org = "ballerinax"
 name = "confluent.cregistry"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
 	{org = "ballerina", name = "jballerina.java"}
 ]
diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
index 7907419..15c11f6 100644
--- a/ballerina/build.gradle
+++ b/ballerina/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 
 plugins {
-    id 'io.ballerina.plugin'
+    id "io.ballerina.plugin" version "${ballerinaGradlePluginVersion}"
 }
 
 description = 'Confluent Avro Serialization - Ballerina'
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 1b84a26..702842e 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ task buildExamples {
 }
 
 task build {
-    dependsOn buildExamples
+    // dependsOn buildExamples
 }
 
 buildExamples.dependsOn ":confluent.cavroserdes-ballerina:build"
diff --git a/examples/kafka-avro-consumer/Ballerina.toml b/examples/kafka-avro-consumer/Ballerina.toml
index 10a81a7..1cf364d 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-avro-consumer/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/examples/kafka-avro-consumer/Ballerina.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 org = "wso2"
 name = "kafka_avro_consumer"
 version = "0.1.0"
-distribution = "2201.10.0"
+distribution = "2201.11.0"
 
 [build-options]
 observabilityIncluded = true
diff --git a/examples/kafka-avro-producer/Ballerina.toml b/examples/kafka-avro-producer/Ballerina.toml
index 3b9201c..250fc2e 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-avro-producer/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/examples/kafka-avro-producer/Ballerina.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 org = "wso2"
 name = "kafka_avro_producer"
 version = "0.1.0"
-distribution = "2201.10.0"
+distribution = "2201.11.0"
 
 [build-options]
 observabilityIncluded = true
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 188620b..27cc0ff 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 org.gradle.caching=true
 group=io.ballerina.lib
-version=1.0.2-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.0.3-SNAPSHOT
 ballerinaLangVersion=2201.11.0
 
 checkstylePluginVersion=10.12.0
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ releasePluginVersion=2.8.0
 ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=2.3.0
 jacocoVersion=0.8.10
 
-slf4jVersion=1.7.21
-jacksonVersion=2.17.0
+jacksonVersion=2.18.1
 avroVersion=1.11.4
 kafkaAvroVersion=5.3.0
 kafkaClientVersion=3.7.2
-kafkaSchemaRegistryVersion=5.3.2
-commonConfigVersion=4.1.0
-commonUtilsVersion=5.3.0
+kafkaSchemaRegistryVersion=7.8.0
+commonConfigVersion=7.8.0
+commonUtilsVersion=7.8.0
 
 stdlibIoVersion=1.7.0
 stdlibAvroVersion=1.1.2
 stdlibHttpVersion=2.13.2
-cRegistryVersion=0.3.0
+cRegistryVersion=0.4.0
diff --git a/native/build.gradle b/native/build.gradle
index 990fc84..dfad090 100644
--- a/native/build.gradle
+++ b/native/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-runtime', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
     implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'ballerina-lang', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'org.ballerinalang', name: 'value', version: "${ballerinaLangVersion}"
 
     implementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: "${kafkaClientVersion}"
     implementation group: 'org.apache.avro', name: 'avro', version: "${avroVersion}"
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 11475e4..aaac4c6 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pluginManagement {
     }
 
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         gradlePluginPortal()
         maven {
             url = 'https://maven.pkg.github.com/ballerina-platform/*'