diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 312bc9280..d0c8a1a69 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [versions]
-micronaut = "4.6.1"
+micronaut = "4.6.2"
 micronaut-platform = "4.1.2"
 micronaut-docs = "2.0.0"
 micronaut-gradle-plugin = "4.4.2"
 
 # Required to keep catalog compatibility with 3.4.x.  Can be removed for 4.0.0
 managed-kafka-compat = "3.8.0"
-managed-kafka = '3.7.0'
+managed-kafka = '3.8.0'
 
-groovy = "4.0.15"
+groovy = "4.0.22"
 
 awaitility = '4.2.2'
 opentracing-kafka-client = '0.1.15'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ opentracing-mock = '0.33.0'
 
 zipkin-brave-kafka-clients = '6.0.3'
 
-micronaut-cache = "4.3.0"
+micronaut-cache = "5.0.0"
 micronaut-logging = "1.4.0"
 micronaut-micrometer = "5.8.0"
 micronaut-reactor = "3.5.0"
diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/DefaultNetworkClientCreator.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/DefaultNetworkClientCreator.java
index 528b946b7..3f71abb35 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/DefaultNetworkClientCreator.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/DefaultNetworkClientCreator.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import jdk.jfr.Experimental;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.ApiVersions;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.Metadata;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.MetadataRecoveryStrategy;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.NetworkClient;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClientConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.ClusterResourceListener;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ public NetworkClient create(@NonNull ClusterResourceListener... listeners) {
             return new NetworkClient(selector, metadata(listeners), clientId, 1,
                 reconnectBackoff, reconnectBackoffMax, socketSendBuffer, socketReceiveBuffer,
                 (int) HOURS.toMillis(1), connectionSetupTimeout, connectionSetupTimeoutMax,
-                SYSTEM, true, new ApiVersions(), logContext);
+                SYSTEM, true, new ApiVersions(), logContext, MetadataRecoveryStrategy.NONE);
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             closeQuietly(metrics, "Metrics");
             closeQuietly(selector, "Selector");
diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/KafkaHealthIndicator.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/KafkaHealthIndicator.java
index 49767f0cf..b1307a62b 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/KafkaHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/health/KafkaHealthIndicator.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import io.micronaut.management.health.indicator.HealthResult;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.LeastLoadedNode;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.NetworkClient;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClient;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.Config;
@@ -225,9 +226,9 @@ private Optional<HealthResult> hasReadyNodes(NetworkClient networkClient) {
 
     private HealthResult waitForLeastLoadedNode(NetworkClient networkClient) {
         final long requestTimeoutMs = defaultConfiguration.getHealthTimeout().toMillis();
-        final Node node = networkClient.leastLoadedNode(SYSTEM.milliseconds());
+        final LeastLoadedNode node = networkClient.leastLoadedNode(SYSTEM.milliseconds());
         try {
-            return result(awaitReady(networkClient, node, SYSTEM, requestTimeoutMs), null).build();
+            return result(awaitReady(networkClient, node.node(), SYSTEM, requestTimeoutMs), null).build();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             return failure(e, Collections.emptyMap());
         }