diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 6fd5927..e995517 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import com.adarshr.gradle.testlogger.theme.ThemeType
 import com.github.jk1.license.filter.LicenseBundleNormalizer
 
 buildscript { repositories { mavenCentral() } }
-
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.spring.boot)
     alias(libs.plugins.spring.dependency.management)
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.spring.boot.starter.security)
     implementation(libs.spring.boot.starter.web)
     implementation(libs.spring.cloud.starter.kubernetes.client.config)
+    implementation(libs.google.java.protobuf)
     implementation(libs.fitko.fitconnect.sdk)
     compileOnly(libs.lombok)
     developmentOnly(libs.spring.boot.devtools)
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index fa2610a..01b202d 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [versions]
 # @keep
 jacoco = "0.8.12"
-spring-boot = "3.3.5"
+spring-boot = "3.4.2"
 
 [libraries]
 archunit-junit5 = "com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.3.0"
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ spring-boot-starter-actuator = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-
 spring-boot-starter-security = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security" }
 spring-boot-starter-web = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web" }
 spring-boot-starter-test = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test" }
-spring-cloud-starter-kubernetes-client-config = "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-kubernetes-client-config:3.1.4"
+spring-cloud-starter-kubernetes-client-config = "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-kubernetes-client-config:3.2.0"
+#pin transient client-config protobuf dependency version to avoid CVE-2024-7254
+google-java-protobuf = "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.25.5"
 spring-security-test = { module = "org.springframework.security:spring-security-test" }
 fitko-fitconnect-sdk = "dev.fitko.fitconnect.sdk:client:2.5.0"
 [plugins]