diff --git a/assertions/pom.xml b/assertions/pom.xml
index 655ab0d4..a491ab0b 100644
--- a/assertions/pom.xml
+++ b/assertions/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
       <artifactId>zeebe-protocol</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
-      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-filters</artifactId>
@@ -43,31 +37,44 @@
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- Test scope-->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-client-java</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- Test scope-->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+          <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+            <!-- used in tests to provide an slf4j implementation-->
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.slf4j:slf4j-simple</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+          </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/engine-agent/pom.xml b/engine-agent/pom.xml
index dd6f85d9..dd43e924 100644
--- a/engine-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-agent/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-protocol</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/engine-protocol/pom.xml b/engine-protocol/pom.xml
index 7059d1f7..36eab966 100644
--- a/engine-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -27,23 +27,34 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -94,6 +105,16 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+            <!-- used by generated code -->
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+          </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/engine/pom.xml b/engine/pom.xml
index 51a7bb9b..530b1b77 100644
--- a/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/pom.xml
@@ -44,11 +44,66 @@
       <artifactId>zeebe-client-java</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-msgpack-value</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-protocol</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-protocol-impl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-db</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.agrona</groupId>
+      <artifactId>agrona</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-gateway-protocol-impl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Test Scope -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
@@ -56,6 +111,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-platform-commons</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -68,6 +129,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-filters</artifactId>
@@ -75,8 +142,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-bpmn-model</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -87,4 +154,29 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>analyze</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+              <goal>analyze-dep-mgt</goal>
+              <goal>analyze-duplicate</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- TODO remove this after version of
+              plugin is released which includes
+              https://github.com/apache/maven-dependency-plugin/pull/194 -->
+              <failOnWarning>false</failOnWarning>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml b/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml
index c98353ca..e9a7611d 100644
--- a/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml
+++ b/extension-testcontainer/pom.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,38 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-protocol</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-filters</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-platform-commons</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -63,11 +93,7 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test scope  -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/extension/pom.xml b/extension/pom.xml
index 07d14997..8999ccd1 100644
--- a/extension/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,18 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-filters</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-platform-commons</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -43,7 +53,18 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- Test scope-->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
@@ -55,6 +76,30 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
 
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>analyze</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+              <goal>analyze-dep-mgt</goal>
+              <goal>analyze-duplicate</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- TODO remove this after version of
+              plugin is released which includes
+              https://github.com/apache/maven-dependency-plugin/pull/194 -->
+              <failOnWarning>false</failOnWarning>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/filters/pom.xml b/filters/pom.xml
index e233eba5..e6c9cdb0 100644
--- a/filters/pom.xml
+++ b/filters/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+          <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+            <!-- used in tests to provide an slf4j implementation-->
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.slf4j:slf4j-simple</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+          </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6ddcb3c..37c3cd8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
+    <dependency.agrona.version>1.14.0</dependency.agrona.version>
     <dependency.assertj.version>3.22.0</dependency.assertj.version>
     <dependency.awaitility.version>4.1.1</dependency.awaitility.version>
     <dependency.commons.version>3.12.0</dependency.commons.version>
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     <dependency.mockito.version>4.3.1</dependency.mockito.version>
     <dependency.netty.version>4.1.74.Final</dependency.netty.version>
     <dependency.osgi.version>6.0.0</dependency.osgi.version>
+    <dependency.proto.version>2.0.1</dependency.proto.version>
     <dependency.protobuf.version>3.19.4</dependency.protobuf.version>
     <dependency.scala.version>2.13.8</dependency.scala.version>
     <dependency.slf4j.version>1.7.36</dependency.slf4j.version>
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@
     <nexus.release.repository.id>camunda-nexus</nexus.release.repository.id>
     <nexus.snapshot.repository>https://app.camunda.com/nexus/content/repositories/zeebe-io-snapshots</nexus.snapshot.repository>
     <nexus.snapshot.repository.id>camunda-nexus</nexus.snapshot.repository.id>
+    <plugin.version.dependency>3.2.0</plugin.version.dependency>
 
     <plugin.version.flatten>1.2.7</plugin.version.flatten>
     <plugin.version.fmt>2.9.1</plugin.version.fmt>
@@ -149,6 +152,48 @@
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-client-java</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-msgpack-value</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-protocol</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-protocol-impl</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-bpmn-model</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-gateway-protocol</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-db</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
         <artifactId>zeebe-workflow-engine</artifactId>
@@ -173,6 +218,12 @@
         <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zeebe-gateway-protocol-impl</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.zeebe.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
         <artifactId>zeebe-protocol-jackson</artifactId>
@@ -296,6 +347,18 @@
         <version>${dependency.feel.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.proto.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.agrona</groupId>
+        <artifactId>agrona</artifactId>
+        <version>${dependency.agrona.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- Test scope-->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -372,6 +435,24 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${plugin.version.dependency}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>analyze</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+              <goal>analyze-dep-mgt</goal>
+              <goal>analyze-duplicate</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/qa/pom.xml b/qa/pom.xml
index ec66d082..4dfa06c8 100644
--- a/qa/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/pom.xml
@@ -42,18 +42,70 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-filters</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-assertions</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-protocol</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-client-java</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zeebe-process-test-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
+          <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+            <!-- used in tests to provide an slf4j implementation-->
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.slf4j:slf4j-simple</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+          </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>regular</id>