diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f140d877b..029ddf51e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
                         <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.registry.api</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>xerces.wso2</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -438,6 +442,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.bsf</groupId>
                         <artifactId>bsf-all</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -504,6 +512,10 @@
                         <groupId>commons-pool.wso2</groupId>
                         <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>xerces.wso2</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -522,7 +534,7 @@
     <properties>
 
         <!--Carbon kernel versions-->
-        <carbon.kernel.version>4.4.1</carbon.kernel.version>
+        <carbon.kernel.version>4.4.2</carbon.kernel.version>
         <carbon.kernel.version.range>[4.4.0, 4.5.0)</carbon.kernel.version.range>
 
         <carbon.p2.plugin.version>1.5.4</carbon.p2.plugin.version>
@@ -556,7 +568,7 @@
         <carbon.commons.version>4.4.8</carbon.commons.version>
 
         <!-- Carbon Deployment -->
-        <carbon.deployment.version>4.4.0</carbon.deployment.version>
+        <carbon.deployment.version>4.6.0</carbon.deployment.version>
 
         <!-- Identity -->
         <carbon.identity.version>5.0.2</carbon.identity.version>