diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4229c3a5a..d6f7c6dde 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ __pycache__/
 /tests/harness/cases/**/*.h
 
 /java/.idea
-/java/**/.project
+/java/**/*.class
 /java/**/*.iml
+/java/**/.project
+/java/**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 /java/**/target
-/java/**/*.class
 .vscode
 .project
 .classpath
diff --git a/java/pgv-java-grpc/pom.xml b/java/pgv-java-grpc/pom.xml
index 3de173c43..d4fab1ef6 100644
--- a/java/pgv-java-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pgv-java-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -10,46 +10,51 @@
     <artifactId>pgv-java-grpc</artifactId>
     <name>PGV-Java gRPC Interceptors</name>
 
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-                <artifactId>grpc-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${grpc.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
-            <version>${proto-google-common-protos.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>grpc-testing</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.2</version>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-testing</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-util</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Depend on artifacts to ensure they are built before this module -->
@@ -57,7 +62,8 @@
             <groupId>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate</groupId>
             <artifactId>protoc-gen-validate</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
+            <classifier>${os.detected.classifier}</classifier>
+            <type>exe</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -67,7 +73,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
     <build>
         <extensions>
             <extension>
diff --git a/java/pgv-java-stub/pom.xml b/java/pgv-java-stub/pom.xml
index e36f462d6..7f988d23b 100644
--- a/java/pgv-java-stub/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pgv-java-stub/pom.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@
     <name>PGV-Java Stubs</name>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>
             <artifactId>re2j</artifactId>
-            <version>${re2j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
@@ -30,19 +33,27 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>${google.protobuf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-            <version>${google.protobuf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Depend on artifacts to ensure they are built before this module -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate</groupId>
             <artifactId>protoc-gen-validate</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
+            <classifier>${os.detected.classifier}</classifier>
+            <type>exe</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/java/pgv-java-validation/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/java/pgv-java-validation/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 814a3f3ae..000000000
--- a/java/pgv-java-validation/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>pgv-java</artifactId>
-    <groupId>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate</groupId>
-    <version>VERSION</version>
-  </parent>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <artifactId>pgv-java-validation</artifactId>
-  <name>PGV-Java Validation Harness</name>
-  <build>
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-        <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.1</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${protobuf.maven.plugin.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>protoc-java</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <protoSourceRoot>../../</protoSourceRoot>
-              <includes>
-                <include>tests/harness/harness.proto</include>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/*.proto</include>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/other_package/*.proto</include>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/yet_another_package/*.proto</include>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/sort/*.proto</include>
-              </includes>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>protoc-java-pgv</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile-custom</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <protoSourceRoot>../../</protoSourceRoot>
-              <pluginParameter>lang=java</pluginParameter>
-              <includes>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/*.proto</include>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/other_package/*.proto</include>
-                <include>tests/harness/cases/yet_another_package/*.proto</include>
-              </includes>
-              <pluginId>java-pgv</pluginId>
-              <pluginArtifact>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate:protoc-gen-validate:${project.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</pluginArtifact>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${protoc.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>shade</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <finalName>java-harness</finalName>
-              <transformers>
-                <transformer>
-                  <manifestEntries>
-                    <Main-Class>io.envoyproxy.pgv.validation.JavaHarness</Main-Class>
-                  </manifestEntries>
-                </transformer>
-              </transformers>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.10</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>report</id>
-            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>report</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protoc-gen-validate</artifactId>
-      <version>VERSION</version>
-      <type>pom</type>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.24.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-          <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <properties>
-    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-  </properties>
-</project>
diff --git a/java/pgv-java-validation/pom.xml b/java/pgv-java-validation/pom.xml
index dc9745474..1f698ad96 100644
--- a/java/pgv-java-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pgv-java-validation/pom.xml
@@ -21,10 +21,21 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>${google.protobuf.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>re2j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Depend on artifacts to ensure they are built before this module -->
@@ -32,7 +43,19 @@
             <groupId>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate</groupId>
             <artifactId>protoc-gen-validate</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
+            <classifier>${os.detected.classifier}</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <type>exe</type>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/java/pgv-test-coverage-report/pom.xml b/java/pgv-test-coverage-report/pom.xml
index 244a895ce..812d39eed 100644
--- a/java/pgv-test-coverage-report/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pgv-test-coverage-report/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>analyze</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <!-- Disable dependency analysis for test coverage module -->
+                        <phase>none</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index b879c2370..b37174f64 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -27,45 +27,71 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <id>elliotmjackson</id>
-            <name>Elliot Jackson</name>
-            <email>ejackson@buf.build</email>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <protoc.version>3.22.2</protoc.version>
-        <google.protobuf.version>4.28.3</google.protobuf.version>
+        <google.guava.version>33.3.1-android</google.guava.version>
+        <google.protobuf.version>4.29.2</google.protobuf.version>
         <protobuf.maven.plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf.maven.plugin.version>
 
         <re2j.version>1.7</re2j.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.9.0</commons.validator.version>
-        <grpc.version>1.68.1</grpc.version>
+        <grpc.version>1.69.0</grpc.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.27.2</assertj.version>
         <java.release>8</java.release>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <proto-google-common-protos.version>2.49.0</proto-google-common-protos.version>
+        <proto-google-common-protos.version>2.50.0</proto-google-common-protos.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                <artifactId>protobuf-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${google.protobuf.version}</version>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+                <type>pom</type>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>grpc-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${grpc.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
+                <version>${proto-google-common-protos.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                <version>${google.guava.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>re2j</artifactId>
+                <version>${re2j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                <version>${junit.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -81,6 +107,26 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>analyze</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+                            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+                                <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>build.buf.protoc-gen-validate:protoc-gen-validate</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+                            </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -93,7 +139,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.1</version>
+                <version>3.11.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <author>false</author>
                     <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>