diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-java/pom.xml
index c4886000..36529d68 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-java/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
     <pekko.grpc.version>1.2.0</pekko.grpc.version>
     <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/build.sbt
index 11d8e4fd..d43e910c 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 
 lazy val `pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala` = project
   .in(file("."))
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-java/build.sbt
index cfa9cf2d..cca00e5c 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-java/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-java/build.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ scalacOptions ++= Seq(
   "-encoding", "UTF-8",
   "-Xlint")
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 /* dependencies */
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-scala/build.sbt
index 31e64a01..c8c3942a 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-scala/build.sbt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ scalacOptions ++= Seq(
   "-encoding", "UTF-8",
   "-Xlint")
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 /* dependencies */
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
index 1d5699c0..ea81ec7c 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 lazy val `pekko-sample-cluster-java` = project
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml
index e32d71d3..62d74467 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
     <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-java/pom.xml
index 7f3aa9f4..27976818 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-    <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
-    <pekko-http.version>1.2.0</pekko-http.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+    <pekko-http.version>1.3.0</pekko-http.version>
     <pekko-management.version>1.1.1</pekko-management.version>
     <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
     <version.number>${git.commit.time}-${git.commit.id.abbrev}</version.number>
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
index 0eed4bb4..77f13402 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ ThisBuild / organization := "org.apache.pekko"
 name := "pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
-val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.2.0"
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val pekkoManagementVersion = "1.1.1"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
index 22820068..13c29d50 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 lazy val `pekko-sample-cluster-scala` = project
diff --git a/pekko-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt
index dd84e9fa..a041a81c 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 val `pekko-sample-distributed-data-java` = project
diff --git a/pekko-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt
index 02b91f92..5bccb1ff 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 val `pekko-sample-distributed-data-scala` = project
diff --git a/pekko-sample-distributed-workers-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-distributed-workers-scala/build.sbt
index d652b042..6a7bd5a0 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-distributed-workers-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-distributed-workers-scala/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val cassandraPluginVersion = "1.1.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml
index 96de6e2d..e3dd0788 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <properties>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-      <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
+      <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
       <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt
index a43f3d96..948c8b1f 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 organization := "org.apache.pekko"
 name := "pekko-sample-fsm-scala"
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
diff --git a/pekko-sample-grpc-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-grpc-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
index 4361f9a5..d3545cd9 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-grpc-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-grpc-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name := "pekko-grpc-kubernetes"
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 
-lazy val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+lazy val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 lazy val pekkoManagementVersion = "1.1.1"
-lazy val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.2.0"
+lazy val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 
 lazy val root = (project in file("."))
   .aggregate(httpToGrpc, grpcService)
diff --git a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
index afc468b3..fd288a52 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
-val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.2.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 
 val pekkoConnectorsKafkaVersion = "1.1.0"
 val pekkoManagementVersion = "1.1.1"
diff --git a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 2a2bc2c2..13de9077 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.apache.pekko" % "pekko-grpc-sbt-plugin" % "1.2.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-javaagent" % "0.1.8") // ALPN agent
-addSbtPlugin("com.thesamet" % "sbt-protoc" % "1.0.7")
+addSbtPlugin("com.thesamet" % "sbt-protoc" % "1.0.8")
 
-libraryDependencies += "com.thesamet.scalapb" %% "compilerplugin" % "0.11.17"
+libraryDependencies += "com.thesamet.scalapb" %% "compilerplugin" % "0.11.20"
diff --git a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-java/pom.xml
index 91eb20a8..09f4223a 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
     <pekko-persistence-cassandra.version>1.1.0</pekko-persistence-cassandra.version>
-    <pekko-http.version>1.2.0</pekko-http.version>
+    <pekko-http.version>1.3.0</pekko-http.version>
     <pekko-management.version>1.1.1</pekko-management.version>
     <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt
index 5f93e064..fd9d5eaa 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ name := "pekko-sample-replicated-event-sourcing-scala"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val cassandraPluginVersion = "1.1.0"
 
-val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.2.0"
+val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 val pekkoClusterManagementVersion = "1.1.1"
 
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
diff --git a/pekko-sample-persistence-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-persistence-java/pom.xml
index ab68902d..ad6ca045 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-persistence-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-persistence-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
         <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-persistence-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-persistence-scala/build.sbt
index 74107e44..59641ed9 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-persistence-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-persistence-scala/build.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name := "pekko-sample-persistence-scala"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
diff --git a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
index 344a3252..f96200a7 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
-val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.2.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 lazy val buildSettings = Seq(
diff --git a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
index e875380c..ec78c5f0 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
-        <pekko-http.version>1.2.0</pekko-http.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+        <pekko-http.version>1.3.0</pekko-http.version>
         <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
index 13f09462..1b25038b 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pekko.version>1.2.1</pekko.version>
-        <pekko-http.version>1.2.0</pekko-http.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+        <pekko-http.version>1.3.0</pekko-http.version>
         <scala.binary.version>3</scala.binary.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
index 8b2e2180..187515be 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-val pekkoVersion = "1.2.1"
-val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.2.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 lazy val buildSettings = Seq(