diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-java/pom.xml
index 36529d68..aa417d9a 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>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.4.0</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 d43e910c..ad88975f 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 
 lazy val `pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala` = project
   .in(file("."))
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 562b6db0..d460e3f7 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-client-grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.apache.pekko" % "pekko-grpc-sbt-plugin" % "1.2.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-javaagent" % "0.1.8")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-javaagent" % "0.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-multi-jvm" % "0.6.0")
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-docker-compose-java/build.sbt
index cca00e5c..0bc67660 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 c8c3942a..2414d14d 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 /* dependencies */
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
index ea81ec7c..0fa1e3c7 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 62d74467..18c7edf4 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>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.4.0</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 27976818..baf3abcd 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-    <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.4.0</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>
diff --git a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
index 77f13402..9c4c808b 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name := "pekko-sample-cluster-kubernetes-scala"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
-val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 13c29d50..99e1737e 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 a041a81c..c57e701d 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 5bccb1ff..fcddaa09 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 6a7bd5a0..29a7b402 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 e3dd0788..b70f2d90 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>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+      <pekko.version>1.4.0</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 948c8b1f..28ab36b4 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 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 d3545cd9..992d57a5 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-grpc-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-grpc-kubernetes-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name := "pekko-grpc-kubernetes"
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 
-lazy val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+lazy val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 lazy val pekkoManagementVersion = "1.1.1"
 lazy val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
index fd288a52..aa966aea 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 
 val pekkoConnectorsKafkaVersion = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/pekko-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 13de9077..81e1d48d 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.github.sbt" % "sbt-javaagent" % "0.2.0") // ALPN agent
 addSbtPlugin("com.thesamet" % "sbt-protoc" % "1.0.8")
 
 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 09f4223a..fa93ed57 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+    <pekko.version>1.4.0</pekko.version>
     <pekko-persistence-cassandra.version>1.1.0</pekko-persistence-cassandra.version>
     <pekko-http.version>1.3.0</pekko-http.version>
     <pekko-management.version>1.1.1</pekko-management.version>
diff --git a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt
index fd9d5eaa..89859497 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-persistence-dc-scala/build.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name := "pekko-sample-replicated-event-sourcing-scala"
 
 scalaVersion := "3.3.7"
 
-val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 val cassandraPluginVersion = "1.1.0"
 
 val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
diff --git a/pekko-sample-persistence-java/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-persistence-java/pom.xml
index ad6ca045..25dde4ea 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>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.4.0</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 59641ed9..e015d543 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 = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
diff --git a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
index f96200a7..087c5eba 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"
 
diff --git a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
index ec78c5f0..a443cfc3 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.4.0</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 1b25038b..310c365a 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pekko.version>1.3.0</pekko.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.4.0</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 187515be..9a291516 100644
--- a/pekko-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/pekko-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val pekkoVersion = "1.3.0"
+val pekkoVersion = "1.4.0"
 val pekkoHttpVersion = "1.3.0"
 val logbackVersion = "1.3.15"