diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-core.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-core.yml
index 270beef8d..373acf757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-core.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to aws-lambda-java-core
-# package and it builds the package and the packages that depend on it.
+# package and it builds the package.
 
 name: Java CI aws-lambda-java-core
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
@@ -29,18 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
-    
-    # Install base module
+        cache: maven
+
     - name: Install core with Maven
       run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-core/pom.xml
-
-    # Package modules that depend on base module
-    - name: Package log4j2 with Maven
-      run: mvn -B package --file aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
-
-    # Test Runtime Interface Client
-    - name: Run 'pr' target
-      working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client
-      run: make pr
-      env:
-        IS_JAVA_8: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer.yml
index d36bdfd13..713f97211 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
-# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to 
-# aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer package and it builds the package.
+# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to
+# aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer package or its dependency (events),
+# and it builds the package.
 
 name: Java CI aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
       - '.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer.yml'
 
 permissions:
@@ -29,11 +33,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
+        cache: maven
 
-    # Install base module
+    # Install dependency
     - name: Install events with Maven
       run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
     # Package target module
     - name: Package events-sdk-transformer with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
-    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events.yml
index fc4576a9b..0a8725339 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-events.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to aws-lambda-java-events
-# package and it builds the package and the packages that depend on it.
+# package and it builds the package.
 
 name: Java CI aws-lambda-java-events
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
@@ -29,14 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
-    
-    # Install base module
+        cache: maven
+
     - name: Install events with Maven
       run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
-
-    # Package modules that depend on base module
-    - name: Package serialization with Maven
-      run: mvn -B package --file aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
-    - name: Package events-sdk-transformer with Maven
-      run: mvn -B package --file aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-log4j2.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-log4j2.yml
index 051498ca7..315678339 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-log4j2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-log4j2.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to 
-# aws-lambda-java-log4j2 package and it builds the package.
+# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to
+# aws-lambda-java-log4j2 package or its dependency (core), and it builds the package.
 
 name: Java CI aws-lambda-java-log4j2
 
 on:
   push:
+    workflow_dispatch:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-log4j2/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-core/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-log4j2/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-core/**'
       - '.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-log4j2.yml'
 
 permissions:
@@ -29,11 +32,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
-    
-    # Install base module
+        cache: maven
+
+    # Install dependency
     - name: Install core with Maven
       run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-core/pom.xml
     # Package target module
     - name: Package log4j2 with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
-    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-profiler.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-profiler.yml
index 472c3b57d..1007e7124 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-profiler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-profiler.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 21
           distribution: corretto
+          cache: maven
 
       - name: Issue AWS credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-serialization.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-serialization.yml
index fd55b22f2..78d23c37b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-serialization.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-serialization.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to aws-lambda-java-serialization 
-# package and it builds the package and the packages that depend on it.
+# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to aws-lambda-java-serialization
+# package or its dependency (events), and it builds the package.
 
 name: Java CI aws-lambda-java-serialization
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
       - '.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-serialization.yml'
 
 permissions:
@@ -29,8 +32,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
-    
-    # Install base module
+        cache: maven
+
+    # Install dependency
     - name: Install events with Maven
       run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-tests.yml
index bea7ff7d8..a52181dff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to aws-lambda-java-tests
-# package and it builds the package and the packages that depend on it.
+# package or its dependencies (events, serialization), and it builds the package.
 
 name: Java CI aws-lambda-java-tests
 
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-tests/**'
-      - 'aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/**'
-      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
       - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-tests/**'
-      - 'aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/**'
-      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
       - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
       - '.github/workflows/aws-lambda-java-tests.yml'
 
 permissions:
@@ -36,8 +34,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
-    
-    # Install base module
+        cache: maven
+
+    # Install dependencies
     - name: Install events with Maven
       run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
     - name: Install serialization with Maven
@@ -46,4 +45,3 @@ jobs:
     # Package target module
     - name: Package tests with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
-    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml
index 73dd61f89..da2389d73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_merge_to_main.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 name: Publish artifact for aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
     - 'aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/**'
     - '.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_*.yml'
-  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
+        cache: maven
 
     - name: Set up QEMU
       uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml
index f243afcc6..59b1c8aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_pr.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to 
-# aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client package and it builds the package.
+# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to
+# aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client package or its dependencies (core, serialization),
+# and it builds the package.
 
 name: PR to runtime-interface-client
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
     paths:
       - 'aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-core/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
       - '.github/workflows/runtime-interface-client_*.yml'
 
 permissions:
@@ -25,7 +29,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
-    
+        cache: maven
+
     - name: Build and install core dependency locally
       working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-core
       run: mvn clean install
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       run: make pr
       env:
         IS_JAVA_8: true
-    
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: corretto
+        cache: maven
 
     - name: Set up QEMU
       uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -61,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Available buildx platforms
       run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}
-    
+
     - name: Build and install core dependency locally
       working-directory: ./aws-lambda-java-core
       run: mvn clean install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples.yml b/.github/workflows/samples.yml
index f8a2f1dd7..a76c3fb25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/samples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to aws-lambda-java-core
-# package and it builds the package and the packages that depend on it.
+# This workflow will be triggered if there will be changes to samples
+# or their dependencies (events, serialization, tests).
 
 name: Java CI samples
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
       - 'samples/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-tests/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ '*' ]
     paths:
       - 'samples/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-events/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-serialization/**'
+      - 'aws-lambda-java-tests/**'
       - '.github/workflows/samples.yml'
 
 permissions:
@@ -27,14 +34,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 8
           distribution: corretto
+          cache: maven
 
-      # Install events module
+      # Install dependencies
       - name: Install events with Maven
         run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
-      # Install serialization module
       - name: Install serialization with Maven
         run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
-      # Install tests module
       - name: Install tests with Maven
         run: mvn -B install --file aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
 
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
             8
             21
           distribution: corretto
+          cache: maven
 
       # Install events module using Java 8
       - name: Install events with Maven
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5eb5456a1..b5d289a8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/integration_tests/helloworld/bin
 /scratch/
 .vscode
 .kiro
-build
\ No newline at end of file
+build
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
index d719ec8ac..7c72e98c4 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <sdk.v1.version>1.11.914</sdk.v1.version>
     <sdk.v2.version>2.15.40</sdk.v2.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>5.7.0</version>
+      <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
index 714c825d9..ba93601dc 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>
         <json.unit>2.40.1</json.unit>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.9.2</version>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
index 65304c61a..f84ffe558 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.12</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
         <maven-install-plugin.version>2.4</maven-install-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
-        <junit-jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <!--
             The test/integration/codebuild/buildspec.*.yml files will set -DmultiArch=false
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
index 11f3da00b..f76875f1a 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.14.3</junit.version>
         <jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.7</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml b/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml
index 01bbf0d67..d84b2bd1e 100644
--- a/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml
+++ b/experimental/aws-lambda-java-profiler/examples/cdk/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <cdk.version>2.155.0</cdk.version>
         <constructs.version>[10.0.0,11.0.0)</constructs.version>
-        <junit.version>5.7.1</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.14.3</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml b/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml
index fbd93b64f..3bb0051ba 100644
--- a/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/kinesis-firehose-event-handler/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.14.3</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>5.9.2</version>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>