diff --git a/kafka-connector-api/pom.xml b/kafka-connector-api/pom.xml
index 714587e..b79cdc7 100644
--- a/kafka-connector-api/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-connector-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-connector</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
+        <version>2.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>kafka-connector-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/kafka-connector-api/src/main/resources/connector-metadata.yaml b/kafka-connector-api/src/main/resources/connector-metadata.yaml
index 8f82dd7..afefb55 100644
--- a/kafka-connector-api/src/main/resources/connector-metadata.yaml
+++ b/kafka-connector-api/src/main/resources/connector-metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "1.0"
+version: "2.0"
 name: "kafka"
 description: "This connector is used to publish and receive messages through kafka distributed messaging framework"
 springConfigurationClass: "com.wavemaker.connector.kafka.configuration.KafkaConnectorConfiguration"
diff --git a/kafka-connector-impl/pom.xml b/kafka-connector-impl/pom.xml
index 11399fa..bf5d9c4 100644
--- a/kafka-connector-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-connector-impl/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-connector</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
+        <version>2.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>kafka-connector-impl</artifactId>
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -55,13 +60,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/kafka-connector-packaging/pom.xml b/kafka-connector-packaging/pom.xml
index 0752f14..bd72b75 100644
--- a/kafka-connector-packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-connector-packaging/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-connector</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
+        <version>2.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>kafka-connector-packaging</artifactId>
@@ -15,19 +15,12 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>kafka-connector-packaging</name>
 
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <artifactId>wavemaker-connector-build-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector.build</groupId>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector.build</groupId>
                 <artifactId>wavemaker-connector-build-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${wavemaker-version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <connectorId>kafka</connectorId>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b00a57f..0a7241d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector</groupId>
     <artifactId>kafka-connector</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
+    <version>2.0</version>
 
     <modules>
         <module>kafka-connector-api</module>
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@
     <name>kafka-connector</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <wavemaker-version>10.5.3.9077</wavemaker-version>
+        <wavemaker-version>11.9.0</wavemaker-version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
-
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.wavemaker.runtime</groupId>
-                <artifactId>wavemaker-app-runtime-services</artifactId>
+                <groupId>com.wavemaker.app</groupId>
+                <artifactId>wavemaker-app-dependencies</artifactId>
                 <version>${wavemaker-version}</version>
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
@@ -41,11 +42,6 @@
                 <artifactId>wavemaker-app-runtime-connector-impl</artifactId>
                 <version>${wavemaker-version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector.build</groupId>
-                <artifactId>wavemaker-connector-build-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${wavemaker-version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.wavemaker.connector</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka-connector-api</artifactId>
@@ -61,18 +57,12 @@
                 <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
                 <version>2.2.3.RELEASE</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-                <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-                <version>1.2.3</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.13</version>
+                <version>4.13.1</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
-
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -81,11 +71,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>8</source>
-                    <target>8</target>
-                </configuration>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>