diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a15610a33..b5d9fb4458 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,18 +201,6 @@
     </developers>
 
     <repositories>
-<!--        <repository>-->
-<!--            <id>central-repo</id>-->
-<!--            <name>Maven Repository</name>-->
-<!--            &lt;!&ndash; HTTPS is unavailable for Maven Central &ndash;&gt;-->
-<!--            <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>-->
-<!--            <releases>-->
-<!--                <enabled>true</enabled>-->
-<!--            </releases>-->
-<!--            <snapshots>-->
-<!--                <enabled>false</enabled>-->
-<!--            </snapshots>-->
-<!--        </repository>-->
         <repository>
             <id>apache-repo</id>
             <name>Apache Repository</name>
@@ -235,28 +223,17 @@
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
-<!--        <repository>-->
-<!--            <id>clojars-repo</id>-->
-<!--            <name>Clojars Repository</name>-->
-<!--            <url>https://clojars.org/repo</url>-->
-<!--            <releases>-->
-<!--                <enabled>true</enabled>-->
-<!--            </releases>-->
-<!--            <snapshots>-->
-<!--                <enabled>false</enabled>-->
-<!--            </snapshots>-->
-<!--        </repository>-->
-<!--        <repository>-->
-<!--            <id>cloudera-repo</id>-->
-<!--            <name>Cloudera Repository</name>-->
-<!--            <url>https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos</url>-->
-<!--            <releases>-->
-<!--                <enabled>true</enabled>-->
-<!--            </releases>-->
-<!--            <snapshots>-->
-<!--                <enabled>false</enabled>-->
-<!--            </snapshots>-->
-<!--        </repository>-->
+        <repository>
+            <id>central-repo</id>
+            <name>Maven Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <pluginRepositories>
@@ -282,6 +259,17 @@
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
         </pluginRepository>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>central-repo</id>
+            <name>Maven Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -336,7 +324,7 @@
         <clean.plugin.version>3.3.2</clean.plugin.version>
         <dependency.plugin.version>3.6.1</dependency.plugin.version>
         <depgraph.plugin.version>1.0.3</depgraph.plugin.version>
-        <docker.plugin.version>0.24.0</docker.plugin.version>
+        <docker.plugin.version>0.43.4</docker.plugin.version>
         <download.plugin.version>1.2.1</download.plugin.version>
         <enforcer.plugin.version>3.4.1</enforcer.plugin.version>
         <failsafe.plugin.version>2.22.0</failsafe.plugin.version>
@@ -386,10 +374,10 @@
         <jaxb2.version>0.15.3</jaxb2.version>
         <jaxb2-basics.version>0.13.1</jaxb2-basics.version>
         <jaxbutil.version>2.1.0</jaxbutil.version>
-        <netty.version>4.1.94.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.105.Final</netty.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.22.0</log4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.14</logback.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <reflections.version>0.10.2</reflections.version>
diff --git a/streams-contrib/pom.xml b/streams-contrib/pom.xml
index 3143579947..4fea6656fa 100644
--- a/streams-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 <!--        <module>streams-persist-elasticsearch</module>-->
         <module>streams-persist-filebuffer</module>
         <module>streams-persist-hbase</module>
-<!--        <module>streams-persist-hdfs</module>-->
+        <module>streams-persist-hdfs</module>
         <module>streams-persist-graph</module>
         <module>streams-persist-kafka</module>
         <module>streams-persist-mongo</module>
diff --git a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-cassandra/pom.xml b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-cassandra/pom.xml
index 22525034cf..1c36cf661d 100644
--- a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
             <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
             <version>${cassandra.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
@@ -85,8 +89,22 @@
                     <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
                     <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.10.5</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
             <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
diff --git a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hbase/pom.xml b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hbase/pom.xml
index f944f478ee..22cbe6ae83 100644
--- a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hbase/pom.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                     <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
                     <artifactId>kerb-simplekdc</artifactId>
@@ -121,12 +125,30 @@
                     <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+            <version>1.25.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+            <version>3.25.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
             <artifactId>kerb-simplekdc</artifactId>
@@ -138,6 +160,11 @@
             <version>9.4.53.v20231009</version>
             <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.10.5</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
             <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml
index be2c0b9894..992d784ab7 100644
--- a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+            <version>1.25.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
@@ -96,6 +101,16 @@
             <artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
             <version>9.4.53.v20231009</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-http</artifactId>
+            <version>9.4.53.v20231009</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
+            <version>9.4.53.v20231009</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
@@ -105,6 +120,16 @@
             <artifactId>kerb-simplekdc</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.3</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+            <version>3.25.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.10.5</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
@@ -112,6 +137,14 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <type>jar</type>
             <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
                     <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
@@ -132,22 +165,35 @@
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jetty-http</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <!-- not possible to exclude this and preserve module function -->
 <!--                <exclusion>-->
 <!--                    <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>-->
 <!--                    <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>-->
 <!--                </exclusion>-->
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -165,6 +211,10 @@
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jline</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/streams-dist/pom.xml b/streams-dist/pom.xml
index 28b6c522fa..d625f1f6a4 100644
--- a/streams-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-dist/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
         <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-streams</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>streams-dist</artifactId>
@@ -92,18 +92,6 @@ under the License.
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
-            <artifactId>streams-persist-elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
             <artifactId>streams-persist-filebuffer</artifactId>
diff --git a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml
index 04c07b002c..e5985a64ca 100644
--- a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml
index fa77dafa21..5a2db88aa1 100644
--- a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/elasticsearch-reindex/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml
index d675d2756e..74acb64681 100644
--- a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/mongo-elasticsearch-sync/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/twitter-follow-neo4j/pom.xml b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/twitter-follow-neo4j/pom.xml
index 42019b22f2..66aba11c28 100644
--- a/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/twitter-follow-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-examples/streams-examples-local/twitter-follow-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.examples</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-cassandra/pom.xml b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-cassandra/pom.xml
index d681d49f84..37d6233493 100644
--- a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-plugins</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 5e3260f1ea..ac1041cd36 100644
--- a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-plugins</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hbase/pom.xml b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hbase/pom.xml
index ca6c269e86..6d90c5fe82 100644
--- a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hbase/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-plugins</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hive/pom.xml b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hive/pom.xml
index 2305c97a11..ed309b9776 100644
--- a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-hive/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-plugins</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pig/pom.xml b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pig/pom.xml
index 8641f9b182..f08f797d9d 100644
--- a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pig/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pig/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-plugins</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pojo/pom.xml b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pojo/pom.xml
index c05d734b1f..3f60db235f 100644
--- a/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pojo/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-plugins/streams-plugin-pojo/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.streams.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>streams-plugins</artifactId>
         <version>0.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>