diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
index 007869def..2f34a2192 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/jetty12_testapp/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <projectId>srirammahavadi-dev</projectId>
           <version>GCLOUD_CONFIG</version>
diff --git a/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml b/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
index 45464c355..16721b8c1 100644
--- a/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine_setup/testapps/springboot_testapp/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.8.3</version>
+				<version>2.8.4</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<projectId>srirammahavadi-dev</projectId>
 					<version>GCLOUD_CONFIG</version>
diff --git a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
index d7d59c04a..d157cd971 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guestbook/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>guestbook</version>
diff --git a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
index 7ac22e007..6c376e89b 100644
--- a/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/guestbook_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>guestbook-ee10</version>
diff --git a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
index cba5a7d6d..3e1700f2f 100644
--- a/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/proberapp/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-            <version>2.55.2</version>
+            <version>2.55.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-            <version>2.58.1</version>
+            <version>2.59.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>liveruntimejava8maven</version>
diff --git a/applications/springboot/pom.xml b/applications/springboot/pom.xml
index 0af3f0b13..6ae06efca 100644
--- a/applications/springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/springboot/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
index d78b3474c..1f5c5b1d2 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
index 7b56983fc..30bf24428 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/allinone_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
index db6fda703..b1df5913f 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/badcron/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
index 49d9cb6be..baf73c366 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
index 208e30682..0149ab0d5 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
index 3ad0cf772..978ac41fe 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_container_initializer_jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
index 626ecd42f..37576a7cf 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_no_jsp/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
index b4cc42df0..52430936b 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/bundle_standard_with_weblistener_memcache/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
           <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
index 75c61251a..bfdeaa6d1 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-bad-job-age-limit/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
index 9e522db75..72f50f59f 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-good-retry-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
index 7b2d48377..53cec9dd7 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-max-backoff/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
index ac3436046..465b04299 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-negative-retry-limit/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
index 9a01a4fab..381bf3f85 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/cron-two-max-doublings/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
index 333dc625a..701ae5912 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/http-headers/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
index c4af107e1..c8d4ad5e0 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-jar/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
index 2676bbc4a..ee3674c53 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/java8-no-webxml/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml
index 68c768272..5a7bde18c 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badaeweb/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
index f62e097d1..1043acfea 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch-yaml/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml
index 948f1084f..c4e3425c9 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-baddispatch/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml
index db297d3e2..30f1df1b6 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badindexes/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml
index a0ce3d51d..ff34a833b 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-badweb/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml
index 249a372eb..8ea7c114c 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-default-auto-ids/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml
index 0dcbbc4ef..3b6b343f5 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-error-in-tag-file/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml
index c97d71ee8..173fa8d10 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java11/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml
index ff7985bcc..e0d0a494e 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-java17/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml
index b71f9b7ee..079a9b819 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jsptaglibrary/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml
index 60a1f776a..aa5579a6a 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-jspx/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml
index a836e52cd..c03390460 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-legacy-auto-ids/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml
index 686b3614a..4cedd495f 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-missingappid/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml
index 576c4ac82..3d8adeba1 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-nojsps/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml
index 0d57b5979..800609a06 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-unspecified-auto-ids/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml
index d1ea6f28a..3ed242b21 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sample-with-classes/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml
index 1dbcb8723..c90547b21 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-automatic-module/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml
index 52c9d086d..22d124b19 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-backends/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml
index e0e060745..b5339abca 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-basic-module/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml
index 7502fa336..28eeaa82c 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-manual-module/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml
index c7839660d..b0b86a5c2 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml
index eb3f39f5d..b3e8903b8 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/sampleapp/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml
index c5508224f..e173ec08e 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-sampleapp/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml
index 290fcc85c..400242f21 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/stage-with-staging-options/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml b/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml
index bd896bbaf..345edc6de 100644
--- a/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml
+++ b/e2etests/testlocalapps/xmlorder/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- can be set w/ -DprojectId=myProjectId on command line -->
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76878b6bf..6d42f020c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
         <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.42.0</version>
+        <version>2.43.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
diff --git a/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml b/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml
index fc9a03965..fe1f88f96 100644
--- a/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/failinitfilterwebapp/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>failinitfilter</version>
diff --git a/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml b/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml
index 0e02d40eb..05df3ef09 100644
--- a/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/failinitfilterwebappjakarta/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>appengine-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.8.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <projectId>ludo-in-in</projectId>
                     <version>failinitfilter</version>