diff --git a/reactive-systems/inventory-service/Dockerfile b/reactive-systems/inventory-service/Dockerfile
index d0900decfa71..e4a659a336d8 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/inventory-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/reactive-systems/inventory-service/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine
+FROM openjdk:17-jdk-alpine
 COPY target/inventory-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
-ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","-Dspring.profiles.active=docker","/app.jar"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","-Dspring.profiles.active=docker","/app.jar"]
diff --git a/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml
index 0d9556850c1f..f82e0631abc8 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
@@ -66,4 +65,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/reactive-systems/order-service/Dockerfile b/reactive-systems/order-service/Dockerfile
index e48c19c2b1f8..606ce210e77b 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/order-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/reactive-systems/order-service/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine
+FROM openjdk:17-jdk-alpine
 COPY target/order-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
-ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","-Dspring.profiles.active=docker","/app.jar"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","-Dspring.profiles.active=docker","/app.jar"]
diff --git a/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml
index 6ef4a9dd8f98..207855ec5fc8 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
@@ -66,4 +65,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/reactive-systems/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/pom.xml
index d84e07696d8e..0c669666c3ff 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/pom.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,4 @@
         <module>order-service</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <properties>
-        <spring-kafka.version>3.1.2</spring-kafka.version>
-    </properties>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/reactive-systems/shipping-service/Dockerfile b/reactive-systems/shipping-service/Dockerfile
index ff57bb953d9e..5650c854c341 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/shipping-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/reactive-systems/shipping-service/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine
+FROM openjdk:17-jdk-alpine
 COPY target/shipping-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
-ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","-Dspring.profiles.active=docker","/app.jar"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","-Dspring.profiles.active=docker","/app.jar"]
diff --git a/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml
index 888cd08c0c33..a10b5ab06703 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -66,4 +65,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>