diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml
index 49a2d786e7..b5bfde439b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.r2dbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>r2dbc-h2</artifactId>
+            <version>${io.r2dbc.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
index a7ad4130f5..744f2ee06a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>${postgres.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
index 696c25cd94..427688c25a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>${postgres.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml
index 48c404ef0c..2490b6b5ea 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>${postgres.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-migrations/pom.xml b/jOOQ-migrations/pom.xml
index d21962936e..809a80aafd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-migrations/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-migrations/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-postgres-extensions/pom.xml b/jOOQ-postgres-extensions/pom.xml
index ba014513d5..6778995290 100644
--- a/jOOQ-postgres-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-postgres-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>${postgres.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad421a9fbc..3b23fe7904 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <h2.version>2.2.224</h2.version>
         <sqlite.version>3.43.0.0</sqlite.version>
         <duckdb.version>0.8.1</duckdb.version>
-        <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
+        <derby.version>10.17.1.0</derby.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
 
         <!-- JDBC drivers for jOOQ-xyz-extensions modules and vendor-specific API access -->
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@
                 <artifactId>jooq-meta-extensions-liquibase</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jooq-kotlin</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jooq-kotlin-coroutines</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
@@ -203,42 +213,6 @@
                 <artifactId>r2dbc-spi</artifactId>
                 <version>${io.r2dbc.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.r2dbc</groupId>
-                <artifactId>r2dbc-h2</artifactId>
-                <version>${io.r2dbc.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.mariadb</groupId>
-                <artifactId>r2dbc-mariadb</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.3</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.r2dbc</groupId>
-                <artifactId>r2dbc-mssql</artifactId>
-                <version>${io.r2dbc.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.oracle.database.r2dbc</groupId>
-                <artifactId>oracle-r2dbc</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-                <artifactId>r2dbc-postgresql</artifactId>
-                <version>${io.r2dbc.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jooq-kotlin</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jooq-kotlin-coroutines</artifactId>
-                <version>${project.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
@@ -413,31 +387,6 @@
                 <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
                 <version>${h2.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
-                <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-                <version>${sqlite.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.duckdb</groupId>
-                <artifactId>duckdb_jdbc</artifactId>
-                <version>${duckdb.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-                <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-                <version>${derby.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-                <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-	        <dependency>
-	            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-	            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-	            <version>${postgres.version}</version>
-	        </dependency>